spartium junceum

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   tall thornless shrub having pale yellow flowers and flexible rushlike twigs used in basketry; of southwestern Europe and Mediterranean; naturalized in California

   SynonymsSpanish broomweaver's broom

   Broaderbroom

   Part ofSpartium

Questions about spartium junceum

What does spartium junceum mean?

spartium junceum means "tall thornless shrub having pale yellow flowers and flexible rushlike twigs used in basketry; of southwestern Europe and Mediterranean; naturalized in California".

What is another word for spartium junceum?

Close synonyms include Spanish broom, weaver's broom. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spartium junceum a common word?

spartium junceum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.