COMMON BROOM

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Meaning:

Deciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe; widely cultivated for its rich yellow flowers

Synonyms:

common broom; Cytisus scoparius; green broom; Scotch broom

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("common 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 ("common broom" is a member of...):

Cytisus; genus Cytisus (large genus of stiff or spiny evergreen or deciduous Old World shrubs: broom)