Broom

(28), n. [A-S. brōm, L. Ger. brām, D. brēm. Cf. BRAMBLE.]

1Sense 1. (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants (the Cytisus), especially the C. scoparius.

No gipsy cowered o’er fires of firs and broom. Wordsworth.

2Sense 2. A besom, or brush with a long handle, for sweeping floors, &c.;—so called from being originally made of the broom plant.

Dyer’s broom, or dyer’s weed, the Reseda luteola;—so called because used in dyeing.—Spanish broom, the Spartium (S. junceum).—Butcher’s broom, the Ruscus aculeatus.