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butcher's-broom
[ booch-erz-broom, -broom ]
noun
- a shrubby European evergreen, Ruscus aculeatus, of the lily family: used for making brooms.
butcher's-broom
noun
- a liliaceous evergreen shrub, Ruscus aculeatus , that has stiff prickle-tipped flattened green stems, which resemble and function as true leaves. The plant was formerly used for making brooms
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Word History and Origins
Origin of butcher's-broom1
First recorded in 1555–65
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