资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Broom \Broom\, n. [OE. brom, brome, AS. br[=o]m; akin to LG.
   bram, D. brem, OHG. br[=a]mo 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.

            No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom.
                                                  --Wordsworth.

   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      originally made of the twigs of the broom.

   {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}.

Butcher's broom \Butch"er's broom`\ (Bot.)
   A genus of plants ({Ruscus}); esp. {R. aculeatus}, which has
   large red berries and leaflike branches. See {Cladophyll}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

butcher's broom
     n : shrub with stiff-pointed flattened stems resembling leaves
         (cladophylls); used for making brooms [syn: {Ruscus
         aculeatus}]