n. [ OE. brom, brome, AS. brōm; akin to LG. bram, D. brem, OHG. brāmo broom, thorn&unr_;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. [ 1913 Webster ]

No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

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made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Broom

v. t. (Naut.) See Bream. [ 1913 Webster ]

broom corn

(Bot.) A tall variety of grass (Sorghum vulgare technicum), having a joined stem, like maize, rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on a panicle with long stiff branches, of which brooms are made. [ 1913 Webster ]

Broom rape

(Bot.) A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spiked flowers, and grow attached to the roots of other plants, as furze, clover, flax, wild carrot, etc. The name is sometimes applied to other plants related to this genus, as Aphyllon uniflorumand Aphyllon Ludovicianum. [ 1913 Webster ]

Broomstaff

n. A broomstick. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Broomstick

n. A stick used as a handle of a broom. [ 1913 Webster ]

Broomy

a. Of or pertaining to broom; overgrowing with broom; resembling broom or a broom. [ 1913 Webster ]

If land grow mossy or broomy. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT DictionaryCC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

扫

[扫 / 掃, sào, ㄙㄠˋ]broom#4387[Add to Longdo]

埽

[埽, sào, ㄙㄠˋ]broom; dike#28528[Add to Longdo]

扫帚

[扫帚 / 掃帚, sào zhou, ㄙㄠˋ ㄓㄡ˙]broom#30046[Add to Longdo]

笤

[笤, tiáo, ㄊㄧㄠˊ]broom#36526[Add to Longdo]

扫把

[扫把 / 掃把, sào ba, ㄙㄠˋ ㄅㄚ˙]broom#40273[Add to Longdo]

黍

[黍, shǔ, ㄕㄨˇ]broomcorn millet; glutinous millet#52883[Add to Longdo]

帚

[帚, zhǒu, ㄓㄡˇ]broom#60057[Add to Longdo]

篲

[篲, huì, ㄏㄨㄟˋ]broom[Add to Longdo]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING DictionaryDING DE-EN Dictionary

Besen { m }; Auskehrer { m } | Besen { pl }

broom | brooms[Add to Longdo]

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ブルーム

[buru-mu](n) broom[Add to Longdo]

玉箒

[たまははき;たまばはき, tamahahaki ; tamabahaki](n) broom; broom cypress[Add to Longdo]

金雀児(ateji);金雀枝(ateji)

[えにしだ;エニシダ, enishida ; enishida](n) (uk) (orig. from Spanish 'hiniesta') common broom (Cytisus scoparius, Genista scoparia); Scotch broom; English broom[Add to Longdo]

手箒

[てぼうき, tebouki](n) whisk broom[Add to Longdo]

草箒

[くさぼうき, kusabouki](n) broom[Add to Longdo]

竹箒;高箒

[たけぼうき(竹箒);たかぼうき, takebouki ( takebouki ); takabouki](n) bamboo broom[Add to Longdo]

浜靫

[はまうつぼ;ハホウツボ, hamautsubo ; hahoutsubo](n) broomrape (Orobanche coerulescens)[Add to Longdo]

部室

[ぶしつ, bushitsu](n) clubroom[Add to Longdo]

連玉(ateji)

[れだま;レダマ, redama ; redama](n) (uk) Spanish broom (Spartium junceum) (spa[Add to Longdo]

梛筏

[なぎいかだ;ナギイカダ, nagiikada ; nagiikada](n) (uk) butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus)[Add to Longdo]

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