commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom
Broom is a wild bush with a lot of tiny yellow flowers. In botany, any of several leguminous shrubs or small trees of the genus Cytisus, native to temperate regions of Europe and western Asia. They are cultivated widely, chiefly for their attractive flowers. The compound leaves have three leaflets. The solitary or clustered yellow, purple, or white flowers resemble pea flowers. The fruit is a flat pod. A common, almost leafless species is C. scoparius, a shrub with bright yellow flowers often grown for erosion control in warm climates. Butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus) is a shrub of the lily family with small whitish flowers and red berries
a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers finish with a broom
a long handled implement for throwing and occasionally sweeping Parts of a broom: End - the tip of the broom shaft Head - the large part with the bristles Shaft - the long part of the broom that defines it (wood/metal/plastic)