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Cytisus scoparius
(gcide) | Scotch \Scotch\, a. [Cf. Scottish.]
Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its
inhabitants; Scottish.
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Scotch broom (Bot.), the Cytisus scoparius. See Broom.
Scotch dipper, or Scotch duck (Zool.), the bufflehead; --
called also Scotch teal, and Scotchman.
Scotch fiddle, the itch. [Low] --Sir W. Scott.
Scotch mist, a coarse, dense mist, like fine rain.
Scotch nightingale (Zool.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.]
Scotch pebble. See under pebble.
Scotch pine (Bot.) See Riga fir.
Scotch thistle (Bot.), a species of thistle ({Onopordon
acanthium}); -- so called from its being the national
emblem of the Scotch.
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Cytisus scoparius
(gcide) | Scoparin \Sco"pa*rin\, n. (Chem.)
A yellow gelatinous or crystalline substance found in broom
(Cytisus scoparius) accompanying sparteine.
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Cytisus scoparius
(gcide) | Sparteine \Spar"te*ine\, n. (Chem.)
A narcotic alkaloid extracted from the tops of the common
broom (Cytisus scoparius, formerly Spartium scoparium),
as a colorless oily liquid of aniline-like odor and very
bitter taste.
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Cytisus scoparius
(gcide) | Broom \Broom\ (br[=oo]m), n. [OE. brom, brome, AS. br[=o]m; akin
to LG. bram, D. brem, OHG. br[=a]mo broom, thorn?bush, G.
brombeere blackberry. Cf. Bramble, n.]
1. (Bot.) A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to
sweep with when bound together; esp., the {Cytisus
scoparius} of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with
long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves,
and large yellow flowers.
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No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom.
--Wordsworth.
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2. An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of
the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or
attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because
originally made of the twigs of the broom.
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Butcher's broom, a plant (Ruscus aculeatus) of the Smilax
family, used by butchers for brooms to sweep their blocks;
-- called also knee holly. See Cladophyll.
Dyer's broom, a species of mignonette (Reseda luteola),
used for dyeing yellow; dyer's weed; dyer's rocket.
Spanish broom. See under Spanish.
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cytisus scoparius
(wn) | Cytisus scoparius
n 1: deciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe;
widely cultivated for its rich yellow flowers [syn: {common
broom}, Scotch broom, green broom, Cytisus scoparius] |
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