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High up above the rock on the mainland opposite there was a golden glory of ginestra, the broom plant, an expanse of gold so brilliant, so daring in these bare surroundings, that
A Spirit in Prison Robert Smythe Hichens 1907
qroqqa commented on the word ginestra
broom, the plant; the Italian word for it (somehow derived from Latin genista), first attested in English in 1899: 'The glorious ginestra, or mountain broom'.
July 31, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word ginestra
Is this the same broom flower that gave its name (planta genista) to the Plantagenets, perchance?
July 31, 2008
qroqqa commented on the word ginestra
That's the one. The derivation from Latin to French genêt is comfortingly regular.
July 31, 2008