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单词 ginestra
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ginestran.

Brit. /dʒɪˈnɛstrə/, U.S. /dʒɪˈnɛstrə/
Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian ginestra.
Etymology: < Italian ginestra broom (see genista n.). Compare earlier genista n.
The plant broom, Cytisus scoparius (see broom n. 1).
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > broom and allies > [noun]
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besom-weed1578
green broom?1578
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broom-wood1810
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ginestra1884
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tree lucerne1933
1884 G. Dillon Virgin Mother Good Counsel iii. 54 Others again derive it [sc. the name ‘Genazzano’] from the plant ginestra or broom, which grows upon many of the adjacent hill-sides.
1899 Daily News 25 Feb. 5/1 The glorious ginestra, or mountain broom.
1921 Q. Rev. Jan. 52 Thou, Fragrant Ginestra, joyful in the wild, Scatterest thy solitary tufts around.
2004 Sunday Tribune (Nexis) 22 Feb. 20 A six-mile loop around the hilltop village takes you over slopes covered with bushes of flaming broom, or ginestra, past pear and apple trees and clumps of miniature strawberries.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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