broomweed
- noun
- /ˈbruːmˌwiːd/
- Specialized
:
hierba escobera
- After the summer rains, broomweed bursts into bright yellow bloom across the prairie.
Examples
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Ranchers often consider broomweed a nuisance because it competes with native grasses.
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The broomweed blooms beautifully in the spring.
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After the summer rains, broomweed bursts into bright yellow bloom across the prairie.
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The fields were dotted with clusters of broomweed swaying in the breeze.
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I saw a patch of broomweed in the desert.
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Ranchers often consider broomweed a nuisance because it competes with native grasses.
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The fields were dotted with clusters of broomweed swaying in the breeze.
Synonyms
An annual plant found in the dry American southwest with stiff woody branches, sticky leaves, and yellow flowers
A small annual plant with sticky leaves and yellow flowers that grows in dry soil
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Broomweed comes from two simple English parts, broom 'a tool for sweeping' and weed 'a wild or unwanted plant'. So broomweed is a wild plant that was either used to make brooms or looks like broom bristles, which fits the stiff, yellow-flowering plants common in the southwestern United States.
