scotch broom

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scotch broom - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Scotch \Scotch\, a. [Cf. Scottish.]
     Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its
     inhabitants; Scottish.
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     Scotch broom (Bot.), the Cytisus scoparius. See Broom.
        
  
     Scotch dipper, or Scotch duck (Zool.), the bufflehead; --
        called also Scotch teal, and Scotchman.
  
     Scotch fiddle, the itch. [Low] --Sir W. Scott.
  
     Scotch mist, a coarse, dense mist, like fine rain.
  
     Scotch nightingale (Zool.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.]
        
  
     Scotch pebble. See under pebble.
  
     Scotch pine (Bot.) See Riga fir.
  
     Scotch thistle (Bot.), a species of thistle (Onopordon  acanthium
        ); -- so called from its being the national
        emblem of the Scotch.
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scotch broom - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Scotch broom
      n 1: deciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe;
           widely cultivated for its rich yellow flowers [syn: common broom
           , Scotch broom, green broom, Cytisus scoparius]