gen1pap

[ Genipap, or genepapa =the Guiana name.J Bot.: The fruit of Genipa american a. [GENIPA.] It is as large as an orange, is whitish-green, but has a dark-purple juice with an agreeable vinous taste. It is in much request in Dutch Guiana. ģě nis tạ, s. [Lat. genista, genesta =the broom, the Spanish broom; perhaps from Celt. gen=a small bush.] genisteæ Bot.: The typical genus of the sub-tribe Genistee (q. v.). It has the calyx shortly two-lipped and the lips deeply toothed. Seventy species are known. Genista tinct or i a is the Dyers' Greenweed. It yields a yellow dye. Ray says that the milk of cows feeding upon it is rendered bitter, and that this bitterne is retained in butter and cheese made from the milk. G. pilosa , also unarmed, is rare and local, while G. anglica , a spinous plant, is common.