[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

broom \broom\ br=oom, n. oe. brom, brome, as. br=om; akin
   to lg. bram, d. brem, ohg. br=amo broom, thorn?bush, g.
   brombeere blackberry. cf. bramble, n.
   1. bot. 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.
      1913 webster

            no gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom.
                                                  --wordsworth.
      1913 webster

   2. 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      originally made of the twigs of the broom.
      1913 webster

   butcher's broom, a plant ruscus aculeatus of the smilax
      family, used by butchers for brooms to sweep their blocks;
      -- called also knee holly. see cladophyll.

   dyer's broom, a species of mignonette reseda luteola,
      used for dyeing yellow; dyer's weed; dyer's rocket.

   spanish broom. see under spanish.
      1913 webster
see also:
bramble cytisus scoparius butcher's broom ruscus aculeatus knee holly cladophyll 
dyer's broom reseda luteola spanish broom spanish 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

butcher's broom \butch"er's broom`\ bot.
   a genus of plants ruscus; esp. ruscus aculeatus, which
   has large red berries and leaflike branches. see
   cladophyll.
   1913 webster
see also:
ruscus ruscus aculeatus cladophyll 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ruscus aculeatus
     n : shrub with stiff-pointed flattened stems resembling leaves
         cladophylls; used for making brooms syn: butcher's
         broom
see also:
butcher's broom 

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