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Spanish broom

DEFINITIONS OF: Spanish broom

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n tall thornless shrub having pale yellow flowers and flexible rushlike twigs used in basketry; of southwestern Europe and Mediterranean; naturalized in California

Synonyms:
Spartium junceum, weaver's broom
Type of:
broom
any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers

n erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowers

Synonyms:
Genista hispanica, Spanish gorse
Type of:
broom
any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
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