white Spanish broom
- noun
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escobón blanco
- In the spring, the white Spanish broom is covered in delicate yellowish-white blossoms.
Examples
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Gardeners value white Spanish broom for its drought resistance and attractive foliage.
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The white Spanish broom added a touch of elegance to the Mediterranean garden with its creamy flowers.
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The white Spanish broom blooms beautifully in the spring.
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I saw a white Spanish broom in the garden yesterday.
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Gardeners value white Spanish broom for its drought resistance and attractive foliage.
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In the spring, the white Spanish broom is covered in delicate yellowish-white blossoms.
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The white Spanish broom added a touch of elegance to the Mediterranean garden with its creamy flowers.
Synonyms
A low shrub from Europe with leaves of three small parts and pale yellow flowers
Low European shrub with leaves in groups of three and pale yellow flowers
A low shrub from Europe with leaves in groups of three and pale yellow flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is fully compositional: 'white' (color) + 'Spanish' (origin/association) + 'broom' (a shrub) directly yield a pale-colored broom shrub associated with Spain. This standard adjective + nationality + noun pattern is cross-linguistically common and predictable, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will understand the meaning.
Etymology
The name white Spanish broom may come from a simple image: it is a kind of broom shrub people in Spain used like a 'brush', and its flowers are pale, so people added white. That's why the name describes a pale, broom-like shrub from Spain and helps you remember its creamy, low-growing look.
