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BROOM-WEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does broom-weed mean? 

BROOM-WEED (noun)
  The noun BROOM-WEED has 1 sense:

1. annual of southwestern United States having rigid woody branches with sticky foliage and yellow flowersplay

  Familiarity information: BROOM-WEED used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BROOM-WEED (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Annual of southwestern United States having rigid woody branches with sticky foliage and yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

broom-weed; broomweed; Gutierrezia texana

Hypernyms ("broom-weed" is a kind of...):

matchbush; matchweed (any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches)

Holonyms ("broom-weed" is a member of...):

genus Gutierrezia; Gutierrezia (sticky perennial herbs and subshrubs of western North America and warm South America)


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