A shrub, Sarothamnus (or Cytisus) Scoparius (family Leguminosæ), bearing large handsome yellow papilionaceous flowers; abundant on sandy banks…

Any of the yellow-flowered, often spiny shrubs constituting the genus Genista (family Fabaceae (Leguminosæ)), native to Europe, western Asia, and…

In the translations of the Bible, used, after the Vulgate, to render Hebrew rethem or rōthem, a white-flowered species of Retama, R. Rætam, a shrub…

(a) A shrubby plant mentioned by the Greek and Roman writers, as useful for fodder; now identified with the Shrubby Medic, Medicago arborea. (b) B…

(originally) †any of several southern European brooms (obsolete); (in later use) spec. the yellow-flowered species Genista monspessulana, native…

= 5.

any of several types of broom (broom, n. 1); esp. the common broom, Cytisus scoparius, of northwestern Europe.

= scorpion plant n. (b).

Any of several closely related shrubs allied to the brooms; esp. Retama monosperma, of sandy coastal regions in Spain and North Africa, and Cytisus s…

A kind of broom, Retama raetam, with white flowers and almost (or entirely) leafless branches, occurring in desert regions of the Middle East and…

The scorpion plant, Genista scorpius.

(a) a Javanese orchid, Arachnanthe moschifera (Renanthera arachnitis), having creamy-white or lemon-coloured flowers, somewhat resembling a spider…

The plant broom, Cytisus scoparius (see broom, n. 1).

= scorpion plant n. (b).

(see quot. 1965).