单词 | butchers-broom |
释义 | butcher's-broom in British Englishnoun a liliaceous evergreen shrub, Ruscus aculeatus, that has stiff prickle-tipped flattened green stems, which resemble and function as true leaves. The plant was formerly used for making brooms butcher's-broom in American English (ˈbʊtʃərzˌbrum) noun a shrubby plant (Ruscus aculeatus) of the lily family, with leathery, leaflike, flattened branches, clusters of small, white flowers, and large, red berries Word origin ? because formerly used to sweep butchers' shopsDefinition of 'butcher's-broom' |
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