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Broom Corn :: Broom corn () A variety of Sorghum vulgare, having a joined stem, like maize, rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on a panicle with long branches, of which brooms are made..

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..

Sweepings :: Sweeping (a.) Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation..

Greenweed :: Greenweed (n.) See Greenbroom.

Broom :: Broom (n.) A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the Cytisus scoparius of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves, and large yellow flowers..

Broomy :: Broomy (a.) Of or pertaining to broom; overgrowing with broom; resembling broom or a broom.

Besom :: Besom (n.) A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or destroys.

Broom :: Broom (v. t.) See Bream.

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..

Green-broom :: Green-broom (n.) A plant of the genus Genista (G. tinctoria); dyer's weed; -- called also greenweed.

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made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom..

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..

Genista :: Genista (n.) A genus of plants including the common broom of Western Europe.

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.

Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To clean rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc., with a broom, brush, or the like..

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..

Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney. Used also figuratively..

Broom Rape :: Broom rape () A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spiked flowers, and grow attached to the roots of other plants, as furze, clover, flax, wild carrot, etc. The name is sometimes applied to other plants related to this genus, as Aphyllon uniflorumand A. Ludovicianum..

Hog :: Hog (n.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water..

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