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yellow broom

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any yellow-blooming plant of tribe Genisteae: subfamily Faboideae, especially

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Meaning 2

Any yellow-blooming plant of tribe Genisteae: subfamily Faboideae, especially:

Cytisus scoparius.

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Examples

  • 1861, Charlotte Guest, translator, The Mabinogion/The Dream of Rhonabwy. And the green of the caparison of the horse, and of his rider, was as green as the leaves of the fir-tree, and the yellow was as yellow as the blossom of the broom.

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Meaning 3

Baptisia tinctoria, of the tribe Thermopsideae: subfamily Faboideae.

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Usage: US

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