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planta genista

[ plan-tuh ]

noun

, Heraldry.
  1. a representation of a sprig of broom: used as a badge of the Plantagenets.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of planta genista1

< New Latin: broom plant; plant, genista
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Example Sentences

Fig. 677 represents the famous badge of the "broom-cod" or "planta genista," from which the name of the dynasty was derived.

From the sprig of broom (planta genista) that his father, Geoffrey of Anjou, is said to have worn as a badge.

As the Plantagenets had their “planta genista,” the broom; so the Dymokes would seem to have had their “oak.”

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