Noun: Spanish broom
- Erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowers
- Spanish gorse, Genista hispanica
- Tall thornless shrub having pale yellow flowers and flexible rushlike twigs used in basketry; of southwestern Europe and Mediterranean; naturalized in California
"Artisans collected Spanish broom twigs for their baskets";
- weaver's broom, Spartium junceum
Derived forms: Spanish brooms
Type of: broom
Part of: Genista, genus Genista, genus Spartium, Spartium
Encyclopedia: Spanish broom