broom
/brˈum/
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Definitions
Noun
a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle
Noun
any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
Noun
common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
Verb
sweep with a broom or as if with a broom; "Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed"
Verb
finish with a broom
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besom
broom tree
common broom
Cytisus albus
Cytisus multiflorus
Cytisus scoparius
dyer''s greenweed
dyer''s-broom
dyeweed
Genista anglica
Genista hispanica
Genista tinctoria
green broom
greenweed
needle furze
petty whin
push broom
Scotch broom
Spanish broom
Spanish gorse
Spartium junceum
weaver''s broom
weeping tree broom
whin
whisk
whisk broom
white broom
white Spanish broom
woadwaxen
woodwaxen