Etymology

retem

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Today it means: A shrub with white flowers, possibly Retama raetam; the juniper of the (King James Version) Old Testament. Full definition →

Semitic
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  1. Semitic · derived from
  2. English todayretem

Ultimately from a Semitic language. Compare Arabic رَتَم (ratam), Biblical Hebrew רותם

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.