French broom
noun
(Originally) †any of several southern European brooms (obsolete ); (in later use) specifically the yellow-flowered species Genista monspessulana, native to the Mediterranean but introduced elsewhere, and now considered an invasive weed in parts of North America and Australia.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in William Turner (d. 1568), naturalist and religious controversialist.
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