broom vs Scotch broom

Scotch broom vs broom

broom and Scotch broom both are nouns.

broom is a verb but Scotch broom is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
broom	Yes	No	Yes	No
Scotch broom	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Scotch broom is a hyponym of broom; that is, Scotch broom is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than broom:

broom: any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
Scotch broom: deciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe; widely cultivated for its rich yellow flowers

Other hyponyms of broom include weeping tree broom, Cytisus albus, Cytisus multiflorus, white broom, white Spanish broom, common broom, Cytisus scoparius, green broom, broom tree, Genista anglica, needle furze, petty whin, Genista hispanica, Spanish broom, Spanish gorse, dyer's-broom, dyer's greenweed, dyeweed, Genista tinctoria, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen, woodwaxen, Spanish broom, Spartium junceum, weaver's broom.

broom (noun)	Scotch broom (noun)
a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle	deciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe; widely cultivated for its rich yellow flowers
any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the Northern Hemisphere

broom (verb)	Scotch broom (verb)
sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
finish with a broom

Difference between broom and Scotch broom

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