How To Use Genista In A Sentence
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Helleboratus major and minor in Quercetan, and Syrupus Genistae for hypochondriacal melancholy in the same author, compound syrup of succory, of fumitory, polypody, &c.
Anatomy of Melancholy
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A variety of flowers and plants including genistas, acacias, jonquils, tulips, and palms were placed at the base of the eight towering columns.
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About 2,000 vascular plant species, of which between 10 to 20% are endemics – i.e. Genista berberidea, Aquilegia discolor, Armeria maritima, A. Pubigera, Cytisus ingramii, Linaria faucicola, Petrocoptis viscosa, P. grandiflora.
Cantabrian mixed forests
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Some linguists link fenestra with Gk. verb phainein “to show;” others see in it an Etruscan borrowing, based on the suffix -stra, as in L. loan-words aplustre “the carved stern of a ship with its ornaments,” genista “the plant broom,” lanista “trainer of gladiators.”
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Helleboratus major and minor in Quercetan, and Syrupus Genistae for hypochondriacal melancholy in the same author, compound syrup of succory, of fumitory, polypody, &c.
Anatomy of Melancholy
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Gray olive trees were on either side, and on the bordering banks grew lovely wild flowers, starry purple anemones, jack-in-the-pulpit lilies, yellow oxalis, moon-daisies, and the beautiful genista which we treasure as a conservatory plant in England.
The Jolliest School of All
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Though his shaggy little horse showed no signs of distress, Malcolm kicked his feet free from the stirrups and descended, for his journey had been a long one, the day was poisonously hot and the steppe across which he had ridden, for all its golden beauty, its wealth of blue cornflour and yellow genista, had been wearisome.
The Book of All-Power
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You will notice the green fields and woods, the gray of the granite, the bright colours of the heathers, genistas, oleanders or brooms and ancient small and picturesque villages.
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HENRY II., as you know, got his name Plantagenet from his father, Geoffrey of Anjou, who used to wear a piece of planta genista in his helmet.
An Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls
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Gray olive trees were on either side, and on the bordering banks grew lovely wild flowers, starry purple anemones, jack-in-the-pulpit lilies, yellow oxalis, moon-daisies, and the beautiful genista which we treasure as a conservatory plant in England.
The Jolliest School of All
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The Latin name for broom is planta genista, and gradually it came to be pronounced Plantagenet.
An Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls
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Some linguists link fenestra with Gk. verb phainein “to show;” others see in it an Etruscan borrowing, based on the suffix -stra, as in L. loan-words aplustre “the carved stern of a ship with its ornaments,” genista “the plant broom,” lanista “trainer of gladiators.”
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Plantagenet was Geoffrey's nickname, derived from his habit of sporting sprigs of broom Latin: planta genista in his helmet.
Great dynasties of the world: The Plantagenets
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Although there are other genistas suitable for the rock garden, the species vary in hardiness and habit.
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Plantagenet was Geoffrey's nickname, derived from his habit of sporting sprigs of broom Latin: planta genista in his helmet.
Great dynasties of the world: The Plantagenets
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As the Plantagenets had their “planta genista,” the broom; so the Dymokes would seem to have had their “oak.” {209b} The descent of the early Dymokes may be briefly given thus: — Scrivelsby, forming part of the Soke of Horncastle, of which the Conqueror held the manor, was given by William to Robert Dispenser, his steward, whom we have several times named in connection with other neighbouring parishes.
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter
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No one beholding the proud bearing of the new monarch would have supposed that his family emblem, the lowly broom-plant (_Planta genista_), from which came the name Plantagenet, had been adopted by an ancestor of Richard's in token of humility.
With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds
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Here Flora had surely played a trick to plant golden genista against the intense sapphire blue of a Capri sea, and she must have emptied her apron all at once to have spangled the rough grass with cistus, anemone, and starry asphodel.
The Jolliest School of All
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Note 12: Gonzalo Aguirre Beltran, Medicina y magia: El proceso de aculturación en la estructura colonial (México: Instituto Nacional Indigenista, 1963); Neomí Quezada, Enfermedad y malefación, el curandero en el México colonial (México: UNAM, 1989). back
Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico
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(Heb. rothem), called by the Arabs retem, and known as Spanish broom; ranked under the genus genista.
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Henry II. was the first of the Plantagenets, and he took his name from Geoffrey of Anjou who used to wear a piece of planta genista in his cap.
An Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls
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Branches of a golden genista trailed over the front door.
Day of the Dandelion
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Here we can gaze upon the green from the pine-wood and fields, the grey from the granite and schist, the live colours from the genistas, the heathers, the shrubs and the oleanders.
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The area is turfed with crescent shaped borders planted with deep blue cineraria, white echiums and yellow genistas and other various bedding plants.
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HENRY II., as you know, got his name Plantagenet from his father, Geoffrey of Anjou, who used to wear a piece of planta genista in his helmet.
An Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls
