Look up: broom

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   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-like branches have few leaves and the branchlets are deep green. They produce pea-like flowers that are usually colored yellow. Brooms are suitable for growing in the rock garden, sunny border, and law...
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   Broom
   Broom is the popular name of several allied genera of shrubs of the order leguminosae.
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   Broom
   Broom is Black-American slang for 'to walk or run'
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   broom
   In plant pathology: A symptom in which lateral branches proliferate in a dense cluster on the main branch (witches'-broom).
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   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
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   broom
   fibre from the bast of the spanish broom (spartium junceum) or common broom (cytisus scoparius) Category: Various industries and crafts
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   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 , noun ] 1. (Botany) A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp. ...
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   Broom
   Broom transitive verb (Nautical) See Bream .
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   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 and broom.' (Wordsworth) ... 2. An implement for sw ...
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    broom
    noun a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle
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    broom
    noun any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
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    Broom
    A `broom` is a cleaning tool consisting of stiff fibres attached to, and roughly parallel to, a cylindrical handle, the `broomstick`. In the context of witchcraft, `broomstick` is likely to refer to the broom as a whole. A smaller whisk broom or brush is sometimes called a duster.
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    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 for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the p...
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    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 ...
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    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. ...
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    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.
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    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...
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