Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yellow broom

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: yel-low b-room
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any yellow-blooming plant of tribe Genisteae: subfamily Faboideae, especially

noun

Any yellow-blooming plant of tribe Genisteae: subfamily Faboideae, especially:

noun

Baptisia tinctoria, of the tribe Thermopsideae: subfamily Faboideae.

American usage

Example Sentences

"1861, Charlotte Guest, translator, The Mabinogion/The Dream of Rhonabwy. And the green of the caparison of the horse, and of his rider, was as green as the leaves of the fir-tree, and the yellow was as yellow as the blossom of the broom."

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

yellow brooms (plural)

Phrases

Portuguese yellow broom

Synonyms

common broom English broom Scotch broom planta genista yellow false indigo wild indigo

Questions

What does yellow broom mean?: Any yellow-blooming plant of tribe Genisteae: subfamily Faboideae, especially

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