broomstraw
9.9
A coarse grass that grows in fields and pastures in the southeastern United States
- noun
- /ˈbrumˌstrɔ/
- Specialized
:
paja de escoba
- During the summer, the cattle grazed peacefully in the field of broomstraw under the warm sun.
Examples
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The old farm was overgrown with broomstraw, making it difficult to find the path to the barn.
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"Not exactly the way I've imagined it," Anne said, gazing at cutover forest, fields grazing a few poor cows, land gone to broomstraw.
Fiction book (1992) -
In the southeastern United States, broomstraw can often be seen swaying gently in the breeze.
Synonyms
9.9
A tall grass that grows in clumps in the southeastern United States and people call broomsedge
is a general coarse grass term that especially refers to this species
9.0
A tall grass that grows in many clumps in old fields in the southeastern United States
is used as a broader name for coarse grass common in pastures
7.7
A tall grass used to make brooms
is the coarse grass sense focusing on field plants rather than broom making
Surface Forms
broomstraw singular
broomstraww plural
Morphology
Etymology
The word broomstraw comes from the words broom, meaning a plant or a tool for sweeping, and straw, meaning 'dried stalks'. So it names a coarse field grass that looks like the dry stems used to make brooms.
