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Look up: broom

  1. Broom
    Broom is Black-American slang for to walk or run
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. Broom
    (Cytisus) This group consists of about fifty deciduous and evergreen, hardy and tender shrubs that are natives of Europe, western Asia, and North Africa. Commonly known as Brooms, these shrubs come in a wide variety of sizes and forms ranging from prostrate mats to erect-growing shrubs. Their whip-l...
    Found on http://www.botany.com/cytisus.html

  3. broom
    In plant pathology: A symptom in which lateral branches proliferate in a dense cluster on the main branch (witches'-broom).
    Found on http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/glossary

  4. broom
    [n] - any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers 2. [n] - a cleaning implement for sweeping 3. [v] - finish with a broom
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. broom
    fibre from the bast of the spanish broom (spartium junceum) or common broom (cytisus scoparius) Category: Various industries and crafts
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Broom
    Broom noun [ Middle English brom , brome , Anglo-Saxon brōm ; akin to LG. bram , Dutch brem , Old High German brāmo broom, thorn...bush, German brombeere blackberry. Confer Bramble...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/104

  7. Broom
    Broom transitive verb (Nautical) See Bream .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/104

  8. broom
    1. <botany> A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; especially, the Cytisus scoparius of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, mintue leaves, and large yellow flowers. 'No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. broom
    noun a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. broom
    noun any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. Broom
    • (v. t.) See Bream. • (n.) 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. • (n.) An implement...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. broom
    (from the article `curling`) A distinctive part of the game is the use of a brush, or broom, to sweep the ice in front of the sliding stone. This is a tradition carried over from ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/118

  13. broom
    any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Cytisus, of the pea family (Faba ceae), native to temperate regions of Europe and western Asia. ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/118

  14. Broom
    Broom is Black-American slang for to walk or run
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  15. Broom
    The surface texture obtained by stroking a broom over freshly placed concrete. A sandy texture obtained by brushing the surface of freshly placed or slightly hardened concrete with a stiff broom.
    Found on http://www.pavement.com/glossary/A.html

  16. broom
    broom, common name for plants of two closely related and similar Old World genera, Cytisus and Genista, of the family Leguminosae (pulse family). They are mostly twiggy leguminous shrubs with abundant yellow or white (in Cytisus, purple also) pealike blossoms. The common, or Scotch, broom (Cytisus s...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08091

  17. Broom
    Broom is the popular name of several allied genera of shrubs of the family Leguminosae. In Britain the name is generally applied to Cytisus scoparius, a shrub with erect, green, angled, tough spineless stems and numerous small alternate leaves which are lanceolate below and trifoliate in the upper p...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  18. broom
    Any of a group of shrubs (especially species of Cytisus and Spartium), often cultivated for their bright yellow flowers. (Family Leguminosae.)
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  19. Broom
    :Broomstick redirects here. Distinguish from A broom with bristles made from Sorghum bicolor|broom corn. Image:BroomsforSale.jpg|Sorghum-made brooms with long and short handles </gallery> A `broom` is a cleaning tool consisting of stiff fibers attached to, and roughly parallel to, a cylindrica...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broom

  20. Broom
    (shrub) `Brooms` are a group of evergreen, semi-evergreen, and deciduous shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the legume family Fabaceae, mainly in the three genera `Chamaecytisus`, `Cytisus` and `Genista`, but also in five other small genera (see box, right). All genera ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broom

  21. Broom
    (album) `Broom` is a full-length album from indie pop/rock band Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin. It was released in the United States in 2005. Track listing: # "Pangea" – 2:48 # "I Am Warm & Powerful" – 2:39 # "What`ll We Do" â€â...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broom



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9 February 2012

This day in history:
At 7.01pm on 9 February 1996, the IRA ended its 17-month ceasefire with a blast that rocked east London, injured more than 100 people, one critically, and thrust Northern Ireland back into political ferment. After one hour of shock and hectic checking with the security forces who, like the Government, were taken 'completely by surprise', Prime Minister John Major attacked the bombing as 'an appalling outrage'. He called upon Sinn Fein and the IRA to condemn unequivocally those who planted the bomb near South Quay railway station on the Isle of Dogs. read more

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