broom vs greenweed

greenweed vs broom

broom and greenweed both are nouns.

broom is a verb but greenweed is not a verb.

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

As nouns, greenweed is a hyponym of broom; that is, greenweed 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
greenweed: small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental

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

broom (noun)	greenweed (noun)
a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle	small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental
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)	greenweed (verb)
sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
finish with a broom

Difference between broom and greenweed

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