Spanish broom

Other forms: Spanish brooms

Definitions of Spanish broom

1. noun

   tall thornless shrub having pale yellow flowers and flexible rushlike twigs used in basketry; of southwestern Europe and Mediterranean; naturalized in California
   synonyms: Spartium junceum, weaver's broom

   type of:

   broom

   any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
2. noun

   erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowers
   synonyms: Genista hispanica, Spanish gorse

   type of:

   broom

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