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butcher's-broom butcher's-broom n (Plants) 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 butch′er's-broom`
n. a shrubby European evergreen, Ruscus aculeatus, of the lily family, used for making brooms. [1555–65] |