English dictionary

broom

/br/u/m/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle

noun.artifact

Source: WordNet 3.0
any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers

noun.plant

Source: WordNet 3.0
common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere

noun.plant

Synonyms calluna vulgaris heather ling scots heather

Source: WordNet 3.0
A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the <i>Cytisus scoparius</i> of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves, and large yellow flowers.

noun

Source: webster1913