retama loca

Rare enough to double-check

retama loca is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [reˈt̪ama ˈloka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Osyris alba) Arbusto de la familia de las santaláceas de aspecto parecido a la retama, hojas lanceoladas, coriáces y persistentes, fruto en drupa de color rojo.".

retama loca has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is retama loca, spelled R-E-T-A-M-A- -L-O-C-A.