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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Broom \Broom\, v. t. (Naut.) See {Bream}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Broom \Broom\, n. [OE. brom, brome, AS br[=o]m; akin to LG bram, D. brem, OHG. br[=a]mo broom, thorn?bush, G. brombeere blackberry. Cf {Bramble}, n.] 1. (Bot.) A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the {Cytisus scoparius} of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves, and large yellow flowers. No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom. --Wordsworth. 2. An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom. {Butcher's broom}, a plant ({Ruscus aculeatus}) of the Smilax family, used by butchers for brooms to sweep their blocks; -- called also {knee holly}. See {Cladophyll}. {Dyer's broom}, a species of mignonette ({Reseda luteola}), used for dyeing yellow; dyer's weed; dyer's rocket. {Spanish broom}. See under {Spanish}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: broom n 1: for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle 2: any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers 3: common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere [syn: {heather}, {ling}, {Scots heather}, {Calluna vulgaris}] v 1: sweep with a broom or as if with a broom; "Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed" [syn: {sweep}] 2: finish with a broom
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