Definition of Spanish broom

1. Noun. Tall thornless shrub having pale yellow flowers and flexible rushlike twigs used in basketry; of southwestern Europe and Mediterranean; naturalized in California.

Exact synonyms: Spartium Junceum, Weaver's Broom
Generic synonyms: Broom
Group relationships: Genus Spartium, Spartium

2. Noun. Erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowers.
Exact synonyms: Genista Hispanica, Spanish Gorse
Generic synonyms: Broom
Group relationships: Genista, Genus Genista

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spanish Broom

Spanish Arabic
Spanish Armada
Spanish Civil War
Spanish Guinea
Spanish Inquisition
Spanish Main
Spanish Netherlands
Spanish Sahara
Spanish Sign Language
Spanish Town
Spanish Virgin Islands
Spanish War
Spanish Water Dog
Spanish Water Dogs
Spanish bayonet
Spanish broom
Spanish burgoo
Spanish capital
Spanish cedar
Spanish cedar tree
Spanish chestnut
Spanish chestnuts
Spanish dagger
Spanish donkey
Spanish donkeys
Spanish elm
Spanish fever
Spanish flu
Spanish fly
Spanish garlic

Literary usage of Spanish broom

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Silk, Cotton, Linen, Wool, and Other Fibrous Substances by Clinton G. Gilroy (1845)
"Authority for spanish broom—Stipa Tenacissima—Cloth made from Broom- bark—Albania—Italy—France—.Mode of preparing the fibre for weaving— Pliny's account of ..."

2. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"In 1746, Mr. Collinson received the first double spanish broom from Mr. Brewer of Nuremberg. In 1756, the famous tulip tree in Lord Peterborough's garden at ..."

3. A History of English Gardening, Chronological, Biographical, Literary, and by George William Johnson (1829)
"... 2—Bastard Senna 3—spanish broom—Virginian Silk—Privet—Variegated Sage—Marjoram 3—Lavender 3—Lavender Cotton—Basil 3—Thyme 4—Hyssop 5—Variegated Grass 3. ..."

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