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BUTCHER'S BROOM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrub with stiff flattened stems resembling leaves (cladophylls); used for making brooms
Synonyms:
butcher's broom; Ruscus aculeatus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("butcher's broom" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("butcher's broom" is a member of...):
genus Ruscus; Ruscus (a genus of European evergreen shrubs; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae)