scotch broom

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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}]

from The 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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