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SCOTCH BROOM

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Scotch broom mean?

• SCOTCH BROOM (noun)
The noun SCOTCH BROOM has 1 sense:

1. deciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe; widely cultivated for its rich yellow flowers

Familiarity information: SCOTCH BROOM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SCOTCH BROOM (noun)

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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 ("Scotch 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 ("Scotch 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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