broom tree (bromtre)

A shrubby composite, Baccharis scoparia, of the mountains of Jamaica, broom-like from its slender, densely crowded, almost leafle branchlets. broom-vise (bröm'vis), n. A clamping arrangement for flattening and holding broom-corn so that it can be sewed into brooms. broom weed (bröm'wed), n. A species of Cor chorus, C. siliquosus, of tropical America, used for making brooms. The sweet broom weed of the tropics is a common weed, Scoparia dulcis, of the natural order Scrophulariaceæ. broomy (brö'mi), a. [ IMG:content-2598.png:[ocr errors] see def.] A race at country weddings. To ride the brooset, to run a race on horseback at a wed ding from the church to the place where the wedding feast was to be held. He who first reached the house was said to win the broose, that is, the brose, the prize of spice broth allotted to the victor. Jamie son. See brosel.