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planta genista
[ plan-tuh ]
noun
, Heraldry.
- 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
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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.
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From the sprig of broom (planta genista) that his father, Geoffrey of Anjou, is said to have worn as a badge.
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As the Plantagenets had their “planta genista,” the broom; so the Dymokes would seem to have had their “oak.”
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