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    WEAVER'S BROOM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Spanish broom; Spartium junceum; weaver's broom

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("weaver's broom" is a kind of...):

    broom (any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers)

    Holonyms ("weaver's broom" is a member of...):

    genus Spartium; Spartium (one species: Spanish broom)

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