planta genista

[ plan-tuh ]

noun

, Heraldry.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of planta genista¹

< New Latin: broom plant; plant, genista

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 Project Gutenberg

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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