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Butcher's broom   /bˈʊtʃərz brum/   Listen
Butcher's broom

noun
1.
Shrub with stiff flattened stems resembling leaves (cladophylls); used for making brooms.  Synonym: Ruscus aculeatus.






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"Butcher's broom" Quotes from Famous Books



... misletoe, the solanum that produces the "Dead Sea apple" (Solanum Sodomceum), the yellow-flowered acacia, and the liquorice plant. Among the forms due to high elevation are the famous Lebanon cedar, several oaks and juniper, the maple, berberry, jessamine, ivy, butcher's broom, a rhododendron, and the gum-tragacanth plant. The fruits additional to those of the north are dates, ...
— The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon • George Rawlinson



Words linked to "Butcher's broom" :   bush, genus Ruscus, shrub, Ruscus



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