SPANISH BROOM
Dictionary entry overview: What does Spanish broom mean?
• SPANISH BROOM (noun)
The noun SPANISH BROOM has 2 senses:
1. tall thornless shrub having pale yellow flowers and flexible rushlike twigs used in basketry; of southwestern Europe and Mediterranean; naturalized in California
2. erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowers
Familiarity information: SPANISH BROOM used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SPANISH BROOM (noun)
Meaning:
Tall thornless shrub having pale yellow flowers and flexible rushlike twigs used in basketry; of southwestern Europe and Mediterranean; naturalized in California
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Spanish broom; Spartium junceum; weaver's broom
Hypernyms ("Spanish 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 ("Spanish broom" is a member of...):
genus Spartium; Spartium (one species: Spanish broom)
Meaning:
Erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Genista hispanica; Spanish gorse; Spanish broom
Hypernyms ("Spanish 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 ("Spanish broom" is a member of...):
Genista; genus Genista (chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of Mediterranean area and western Asia: broom)
