Definition of broom

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Broom (n.) An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom..

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Broomstaff :: Broomstaff (n.) A broomstick.
Cladophyll :: Cladophyll (n.) A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent foliage of the broom (Ruscus) and of the common cultivated smilax (Myrsiphillum)..
Broomy :: Broomy (a.) Of or pertaining to broom; overgrowing with broom; resembling broom or a broom.
Genista :: Genista (n.) A genus of plants including the common broom of Western Europe.
Stump :: Stump (n.) The part of a limb or other body remaining after a part is amputated or destroyed; a fixed or rooted remnant; a stub; as, the stump of a leg, a finger, a tooth, or a broom..
Piassava :: Piassava (n.) A fibrous product of two Brazilian palm trees (Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia Piassaba), -- used in making brooms, and for other purposes. Called also piacaba and piasaba..
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To drive or carry along or off with a broom or a brush, or as if with a broom; to remove by, or as if by, brushing; as, to sweep dirt from a floor; the wind sweeps the snow from the hills; a freshet sweeps away a dam, timber, or rubbish; a pestilence sweeps off multitudes..
Broomstick :: Broomstick (n.) A stick used as a handle of a broom.
Broom :: Broom (n.) An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom..
Clubroom :: Clubroom (n.) The apartment in which a club meets.
Broom :: Broom (v. t.) See Bream.
Scopiform :: Scopiform (a.) Having the form of a broom or besom.
Scoparin :: Scoparin (n.) A yellow gelatinous or crystalline substance found in broom (Cytisus scoparius) accompanying sparteine.
Aphyllous :: Aphyllous (a.) Destitute of leaves, as the broom rape, certain euphorbiaceous plants, etc..
Besom :: Besom (n.) A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or destroys.
Whisk :: Whisk (n.) A small bunch of grass, straw, twigs, hair, or the like, used for a brush; hence, a brush or small besom, as of broom corn..
Greenweed :: Greenweed (n.) See Greenbroom.
Wispen :: Wispen (a.) Formed of a wisp, or of wisp; as, a wispen broom..
Hog :: Hog (n.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water..
Sparteine :: Sparteine (n.) A narcotic alkaloid extracted from the tops of the common broom (Cytisus scoparius, formerly Spartium scoparium), as a colorless oily liquid of aniline-like odor and very bitter taste..
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