The Meaning of broom

• (n.) 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.
• (n.) 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made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom.
• (v. t.) See Bream.

Synonyms

heather , ling , Scots heather , Calluna vulgaris , sweep

Homophones

broome , brume

Rhymes

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