单词 | rush-broom |
释义 | > as lemmasrush-broom rush-broom n. now rare (a) Spanish broom, Spartium junceum; (b) (in full leafless rush-broom) a yellow-flowered Australian shrub, Viminaria denudata (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)). ΚΠ 1714 Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 219 Common Spanish Rush-Broom. 1804 J. E. Smith Exotic Bot. I. 51 (heading) Viminaria denudata. Leafless Rush-Broom. 1843 F. T. Mott Flora Odorata 16 The Spanish or Rush Broom, C[ytisus] junceum, is valuable as a successor to the former species [sc. common broom], as it does not flower till July or August. 1900 W. D. Drury Bk. Gardening 411 Spartium junceum (Spanish or Rush Broom) deserves special mention on account of the ease with which it grows in dry gravelly soils. 1902 Cycl. Amer. Hort.: R–Z 1933/2 Viminària..denudàta, Smith. The name Leafless Rush-broom has been proposed for this. < as lemmas |
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