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Definitions for: Broom
[n] a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle
[n] common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
[n] any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
[v] finish with a broom
[v] sweep with a broom or as if with a broom; "Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed"
Webster (1913) Definition: Broom, n. [OE. brom, brome, AS. br[=o]m; akin to LG.
bram, D. brem, OHG. br[=a]mo broom, thorn?bush, G. brombeere
blackberry. Cf. Bramble, n.]
1. (Bot.) A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to
sweep with when bound together; esp., the {Cytisus
scoparius} of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with
long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves,
and large yellow flowers.
No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom.
--Wordsworth.
2. An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of
the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or
attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because
originally made of the twigs of the broom.
Butcher's broom, a plant (Ruscus aculeatus) of the Smilax
family, used by butchers for brooms to sweep their blocks;
-- called also knee holly. See Cladophyll.
Dyer's broom, a species of mignonette (Reseda luteola),
used for dyeing yellow; dyer's weed; dyer's rocket.
Spanish broom. See under Spanish.
Broom, v. t. (Naut.)
See Bream.
Synonyms: Calluna vulgaris, heather, ling, Scots heather, sweep
See Also: besom, broom handle, broom tree, broomstick, bush, Calluna, cleaning implement, common broom, Cytisus albus, Cytisus multiflorus, Cytisus scoparius, dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, finish, Genista anglica, Genista hispanica, Genista tinctoria, genus Calluna, green broom, greenweed, heath, needle furze, Papilionoideae, pass over, petty whin, push broom, Scotch broom, shrub, Spanish broom, Spanish gorse, Spartium junceum, subfamily Papilionoideae, weaver's broom, weeping tree broom, whin, whisk, whiskbroom, white broom, white Spanish broom, wipe, woadwaxen, woodwaxen
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