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Plantagenet

from planta gemeta (broom-plant), the family cognisance first assumed by the Earl of Anjou, the first of his race, during a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, as a symbol of humility. (Sir George Buck: Richara III. ) Died 1622.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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