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Spanish broom
[Spanish a. 9.]
The plant Spartium junceum (or Cytisus junceus), common to the Mediterranean region, the rush-like branches or twigs of which are used in basket-work and yield a fibre employed in the manufacture of cords, coarse cloth, etc.
The resemblance of the generic name Spartium to L. spartum (see spart1), and misunderstanding of passages in Pliny, has led to occasional confusion between Spanish broom and esparto grass.
1562Turner Herbal ii. 144 The sede and floures of Spanish brome are good to be dronken wyth mede..to pourge strongly. 1676Grew Anat. Flowers ii. ii. §8 Spanish Broome, Dulcamara, and others. 1731Miller Gard. Dict. s.v. Spartium, The white Spanish Broom. 1785Martyn Lett. Elem. Bot. xxv. (1794) 350 Spanish Broom, with some other species, has simple leaves. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. 527 Sarothamnus (Cytisus) scoparius, is the common Broom... Sarothamnus junceus, the Spanish Broom, has similar properties. 1882Garden 29 Apr. 297/1 Pale sulphur-coloured Spanish Broom. |