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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scotch \Scotch\, a. [Cf. Scottish.] Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Scotch broom 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]