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  1. 1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. 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made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. See Bream. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the Northern Hemisphere Source: wordnet
  7. 7. v. sweep with a broom or as if with a broom Source: wordnet
  8. 8. v. finish with a broom Source: wordnet
  9. 9. 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, mintue 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made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom.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. See Bream. Source: webster
  10. 10. A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep withwhen bound together; esp., 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. Source: adambom
  11. 11. n:100 n. a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle 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 Source: ecdict

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