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Spanish broom   /spˈænɪʃ brum/   Listen
Spanish broom

noun
1.
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.
2.
Erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowers.  Synonyms: Genista hispanica, Spanish gorse.



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"Spanish broom" Quotes from Famous Books



... flowers and fruits and all the characteristic beauty of the land are fully represented. Here are grapes of every district, figs and peaches and pears of every kind; melons are grown out of doors as easily as licorice plants, Spanish broom, Italian oleanders, and jessamines from the Azores. The Loire lies at your feet. You look down from the terrace upon the ever-changing river nearly two hundred feet below; and in the evening the breeze brings a fresh scent of the sea, ...
— La Grenadiere • Honore de Balzac



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