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COMMON BROOM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common broom mean?
• COMMON BROOM (noun)
The noun COMMON BROOM has 1 sense:
1. deciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe; widely cultivated for its rich yellow flowers
Familiarity information: COMMON BROOM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe; widely cultivated for its rich yellow flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
common broom; Cytisus scoparius; green broom; Scotch broom
Hypernyms ("common broom" is a kind of...):
broom (any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers)
Holonyms ("common broom" is a member of...):
Cytisus; genus Cytisus (large genus of stiff or spiny evergreen or deciduous Old World shrubs: broom)
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