broom
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- noun
- /brum/
:
escoba
- The three cowries added to the surface of the broom acknowledge and signify the powers contained within.
- broom fibers
Examples
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A lovely shrub with slender green stems, the broom thrives in sunny spots of the garden.
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June made dinner and gave Vera a chance to plant and water the broom.
Fiction book (2000) -
Buttercups and broom clover grew along the edge of the lane.
Fiction book (2001) -
In Yoruba culture, too, brooms sweep away bad people.
Academic text (2009) -
The terraced hillside is covered with flowering yellow broom, sheaves and sheaves of it among the rocks.
Fiction book (1993) -
In our garden, the golden broom adds a burst of color with its bright yellow flowers.
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The sustainable broom is perfect for stabilizing soil on sloped terrain.
Synonyms
A shrub with bright yellow flowers from western Europe called broom
A shrub with slender green branches and bright yellow flowers often grown in gardens
A bush with bright yellow flowers often grown in gardens
A shrub from western Europe with bright yellow flowers grown in gardens
A tall thornless shrub from the Mediterranean with sweet-smelling yellow flowers and flexible stems used to make baskets
A tall bush with pale yellow flowers and flexible twigs used to make baskets
A prickly bush with bright yellow flowers that grows on moors
A small shrub with yellow flower clusters used to make dye and sometimes grown in gardens
A low shrub from Europe with leaves in groups of three and pale yellow flowers
A low European bush with leaves in groups of three and pale yellow flowers
A leafless Australian bush with small yellow flowers like a broom plant
Idioms
- Informal
To tell other people that you practice witchcraft or Pagan beliefs after keeping it secret
Compounds
- US
An annual plant found in the dry American southwest with stiff woody branches, sticky leaves, and yellow flowers
A tough grass from North America with leaves that turn pale bronze in autumn
- US
A small palm tree from southern Florida and the West Indies that looks like the silvertop palmetto
- US
A tall grass that grows in many clumps in old fields in the southeastern United States
A low sticky bush with narrow leaves, many thin branches, and many tiny yellow flowers
- Specialized
A spreading evergreen shrub with small clusters of white flowers that grows in dry places
- UK
A small shrub with yellow flower clusters used to make dye and sometimes grown in gardens
The act of leaving out difficult or inconvenient facts on purpose to make something seem simpler
- UK
A shrub with slender green branches and bright yellow flowers often grown in gardens
A tall thornless shrub from the Mediterranean with sweet-smelling yellow flowers and flexible stems used to make baskets
- New Zealand
A small plant with drooping branches and purple to white flowers from New Zealand
- Specialized
A dense cluster of small branches on a tree caused by disease or insects
Surface Forms
Etymology
Broom first named a shrub with thin green stems and bright yellow flowers that grow in fields. People used the shrub's twigs for many jobs, and because those twigs were perfect for making brushes for 'sweeping', the plant's name later gave the cleaning tool its name.