butcher's-broom

[ booch-erz-broom, -broom ]

noun
  1. a shrubby European evergreen, Ruscus aculeatus, of the lily family: used for making brooms.

Origin of butcher's-broom

1
First recorded in 1555–65

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British Dictionary definitions for butcher's-broom

butcher's-broom

noun
  1. 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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