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Genista (F)>

Genista (female)

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Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

English, a modern derivation from the Latin "broom", used in the plant name Genista spp.

Historical note: The English Plantaganet kings used sprigs of broom as a identifier for their forces in battle and their name is a contraction of "planta genista" = "broom plant".