yellow broom

yellow broom

English

yellow broom (Cytisus scoparius)

Noun

yellow broom (plural yellow brooms)

1. Any yellow-blooming plant of tribe Genisteae: subfamily Faboideae, especially
   1. Cytisus scoparius
      • 1861, Charlotte Guest, translator, The Mabinogion/The Dream of Rhonabwy.

        And the green of the caparison of the horse, and of his rider, was as green as the leaves of the fir-tree, and the yellow was as yellow as the blossom of the broom.

2. (US) Baptisia tinctoria, of tribe Thermopsideae: subfamily Faboideae.

Synonyms

• (Cytisus scoparius): common broom, Scotch broom, planta genista
• (Baptisa tinctoria): yellow false indigo, wild indigo

Derived terms

• Portuguese yellow broom (Cytisus striatus)

Further reading

• Cytisus scoparius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• yellow broom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cytisus+scoparius at The Plant List