broom root (bromrot)

A root exported from Mexico and used in the manufacture of brushes. It is supposed to be the root of a gra , also known in trade as Mexican or French whisk. broom-sedge (bröm's ej), n. gra . always in a negative sense. Your son, sir, insulted me in a manner which my honour could not brook. Sheridan, The Rivals, v. 3. They could ill brook the slightest indignity at his hand. Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., Int. To leisurely delights and sauntering thoughts That brook no ceiling narrower than the blue. Lowell, Under the Willows.