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Span·ish       (spān'ĭsh)  Pronunciation Key  adj.   Of or relating to Spain or its people or culture. Of or relating to the Spanish language. n.   The Romance language of the largest part of Spain and most of Central and South America. (used with a pl. verb) The people of Spain. [Alteration (influenced by Latin Hispānia, Spain) of Middle English Spainish, from Spaine, Spain, from Old French Espaigne; see Spaniard.]

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spanish
adjective
1.	of or relating to or characteristic of Spain or the people of Spain; "Spanish music"
noun
1.	the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain
2.	the people of Spain

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Spanish Flat, CA Zip code(s): 94558

Spanish Fork, UT (city, FIPS 71290) Location: 40.11426 N, 111.63917 W
Population (1990): 11272 (3363 housing units)
Area: 19.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 84660

Spanish Fort, AL (CDP, FIPS 71976) Location: 30.67524 N, 87.88459 W
Population (1990): 3732 (1673 housing units)
Area: 24.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 36527

Spanish Lake, MO (CDP, FIPS 69266) Location: 38.78690 N, 90.20770 W
Population (1990): 20322 (8652 housing units)
Area: 19.1 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Spanish

Broom\, 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.

No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom. --Wordsworth.

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made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom.

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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Spanish

Rush\, n. [OE. rusche, rische, resche, AS. risce, akin to LG. rusk, risch, D. & G. rusch; all probably fr. L. ruscum butcher's broom; akin to Goth. raus reed, G. rohr.]

1. (Bot.) A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.

Note: Some species are used in bottoming chairs and plaiting mats, and the pith is used in some places for wicks to lamps and rushlights.

2. The merest trifle; a straw.

John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush. --Arbuthnot.

Bog rush. See under Bog.

Club rush, any rush of the genus Scirpus.

Flowering rush. See under Flowering.

Nut rush (a) Any plant of the genus Scleria, rushlike plants with hard nutlike fruits. (b) A name for several species of Cyperus having tuberous roots.

Rush broom, an Australian leguminous plant (Viminaria denudata), having long, slender branches. Also, the Spanish broom. See under Spanish.

Rush candle, See under Candle.

Rush grass, any grass of the genus Vilfa, grasses with wiry stems and one-flowered spikelets.

Rush toad (Zo["o]l.), the natterjack.

Scouring rush. (Bot.) Same as Dutch rush, under Dutch.

Spike rush, any rushlike plant of the genus Eleocharis, in which the flowers grow in dense spikes.

Sweet rush, a sweet-scented grass of Arabia, etc. (Andropogon sch[oe]nanthus), used in Oriental medical practice.

Wood rush, any plant of the genus Luzula, which differs in some technical characters from Juncus.