'Genista' definitions:

Definition of 'Genista'

(from WordNet)
noun
Chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of Mediterranean area and western Asia: broom [syn: Genista, genus Genista]

Definition of 'Genista'

From: GCIDE
  • Genista \Ge*nis"ta\, prop. n. [L., broom.] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the common broom of Western Europe. [1913 Webster]