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SCOTCH BROOM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
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)