# retem

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A shrub with white flowers, possibly Retama raetam; the juniper of the (King James Version) Old Testament.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/retem