genistan.

Brit.

/dʒᵻˈnɪstə/, U.S.

/dʒəˈnɪstə/

Forms:

α. Middle English–1500s geneste, Middle English–1600s 1800s genesta, 1500s– genista, 1600s genest.

β. Middle English genester, Middle English genestres, Middle English–1500s genestre.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French genest; Latin genista; French genestre.

Etymology: In α. forms < (i) Anglo-Norman genest (masculine), Anglo-Norman and Middle French geneste (feminine) any of various yellow-flowered shrubs, especially the common broom (12th cent. in Old French; Middle French genet , French genêt ), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin genista broom (also genesta; in scientific Latin also as genus name (1753 in Linnaeus: see note at definition)), of unknown origin. In β. forms < (iii) Anglo-Norman and Middle French genestre broom (13th cent. in Old French), apparently an alteration (after other words in -estre , e.g. fenestre window: see fenester n.) of geneste (see above).With the α. forms compare Old Occitan genesta , Catalan ginesta (c1372), Spanish hiniesta (1515; c1250 as †genesta ), and Dutch regional (Flanders) ginst , ginste (1599 in Kiliaan as ghenst ), Middle Low German gynst , Old High German geneste (German Ginst , now archaic). With the β. forms compare Spanish genestra (1515), Italian ginestra (a1353), post-classical Latin genestra (14th cent. in an Italian source), and also Middle Dutch, Dutch †ginster, Old High German genester (in a late manuscript; Middle High German ginster, ganster, genster, etc., German Ginster), probably all via one or more Romance languages.

Any of the yellow-flowered, often spiny shrubs constituting the genus Genista (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosæ)), native to Europe, western Asia, and North Africa; (in form Genista) the genus itself. In early use also: any of various related plants, esp. common broom, Cytisus scoparius.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species plantarum (1753) II. 709.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > broom and allies > [noun]

broomc1000

genistaa1398

junipera1425

broom-treea1450

cytisus1548

French broom1548

besom-weed1578

green broom?1578

scorpion-thorn1760

retama1764

retem1777

broom-wood1810

scorpion1840

scorpion plant1866

ginestra1884

scorpion-broom1884

tree lucerne1933

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. lxxx. 971 Geneste..haþ many sprayes knotty and harde..and ȝolowe floures in somer, þikke and ywralled.

?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh.) (1950) 160 (MED) Genescula is an herbe þat men clepe genestres [a1450 Royal genester, c1450 Bodl. 483 genestre] or broum; þis herbe haȝt lewys lyk to spigurnel..it haȝt a ȝelwȝ flour.

1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon (Table of the names of the herbes) sig. iii^v/1 Flowres of brome or geneste.

1541 Bk. Propertyes Herbes (new ed.) sig. D.ii Genestula. Thys herbe men do call it Genestre or brome.

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. viii. 1379 A peculiar kind of Genista, and many other vnknowne plants.

1697 L. Meager New Art of Gardening 139 Spanish Genista.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 151 A rush, resembling the genista, but much more soft and flexible.

1795 Bot. Mag. 9 314 (heading) Genista triquetra. Triangular-Stalk'd genista.

1867 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener, & Country Gentleman 11 Apr. 267/2 Genista differs from Cytisus in usually having 1-foliolate leaves, and in the calyx.

1882 Guernsey Mag. Dec. Old superstitions describe them [sc. witches] as riding on stalks of the broom plant (genesta).

1920 T. S. Woolsey Stud. French Forestry v. 107 Even the maritime pine, which is a rapidly growing species and a prolific seeder, requires assistance against the genista, with which it is often in mixture.

2012 H. Brown High Atlas vi. 46 At a gorge we found a source, the mules caught up, tents blossomed and we dined with the scent of genistas in the air.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	genista
释义	genistan. Brit. /dʒᵻˈnɪstə/, U.S. /dʒəˈnɪstə/ Forms: α. Middle English–1500s geneste, Middle English–1600s 1800s genesta, 1500s– genista, 1600s genest. β. Middle English genester, Middle English genestres, Middle English–1500s genestre. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French genest; Latin genista; French genestre. Etymology: In α. forms < (i) Anglo-Norman genest (masculine), Anglo-Norman and Middle French geneste (feminine) any of various yellow-flowered shrubs, especially the common broom (12th cent. in Old French; Middle French genet , French genêt ), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin genista broom (also genesta; in scientific Latin also as genus name (1753 in Linnaeus: see note at definition)), of unknown origin. In β. forms < (iii) Anglo-Norman and Middle French genestre broom (13th cent. in Old French), apparently an alteration (after other words in -estre , e.g. fenestre window: see fenester n.) of geneste (see above).With the α. forms compare Old Occitan genesta , Catalan ginesta (c1372), Spanish hiniesta (1515; c1250 as †genesta ), and Dutch regional (Flanders) ginst , ginste (1599 in Kiliaan as ghenst ), Middle Low German gynst , Old High German geneste (German Ginst , now archaic). With the β. forms compare Spanish genestra (1515), Italian ginestra (a1353), post-classical Latin genestra (14th cent. in an Italian source), and also Middle Dutch, Dutch †ginster, Old High German genester (in a late manuscript; Middle High German ginster, ganster, genster, etc., German Ginster), probably all via one or more Romance languages. Any of the yellow-flowered, often spiny shrubs constituting the genus Genista (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosæ)), native to Europe, western Asia, and North Africa; (in form Genista) the genus itself. In early use also: any of various related plants, esp. common broom, Cytisus scoparius.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species plantarum (1753) II. 709. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > broom and allies > [noun] broomc1000 genistaa1398 junipera1425 broom-treea1450 cytisus1548 French broom1548 besom-weed1578 green broom?1578 scorpion-thorn1760 retama1764 retem1777 broom-wood1810 scorpion1840 scorpion plant1866 ginestra1884 scorpion-broom1884 tree lucerne1933 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. lxxx. 971 Geneste..haþ many sprayes knotty and harde..and ȝolowe floures in somer, þikke and ywralled. ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh.) (1950) 160 (MED) Genescula is an herbe þat men clepe genestres [a1450 Royal genester, c1450 Bodl. 483 genestre] or broum; þis herbe haȝt lewys lyk to spigurnel..it haȝt a ȝelwȝ flour. 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon (Table of the names of the herbes) sig. iii^v/1 Flowres of brome or geneste. 1541 Bk. Propertyes Herbes (new ed.) sig. D.ii Genestula. Thys herbe men do call it Genestre or brome. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. viii. 1379 A peculiar kind of Genista, and many other vnknowne plants. 1697 L. Meager New Art of Gardening 139 Spanish Genista. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 151 A rush, resembling the genista, but much more soft and flexible. 1795 Bot. Mag. 9 314 (heading) Genista triquetra. Triangular-Stalk'd genista. 1867 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener, & Country Gentleman 11 Apr. 267/2 Genista differs from Cytisus in usually having 1-foliolate leaves, and in the calyx. 1882 Guernsey Mag. Dec. Old superstitions describe them [sc. witches] as riding on stalks of the broom plant (genesta). 1920 T. S. Woolsey Stud. French Forestry v. 107 Even the maritime pine, which is a rapidly growing species and a prolific seeder, requires assistance against the genista, with which it is often in mixture. 2012 H. Brown High Atlas vi. 46 At a gorge we found a source, the mules caught up, tents blossomed and we dined with the scent of genistas in the air. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398
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