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Definition of: broom
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(brm, brm) noun
1. A brush attached to a long handle for sweeping: made chiefly of broomcorn.
2. Any of various shrubs (genus Cytisus) of the pea family, especially the Scotch broom (C. scoparius), with yellow flowers and stiff green branches.
—v.t. To remove with a broom; sweep. [OE brōm broom. Akin to BRAMBLE]
—broom′y adjective
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