(Cytisus scoparius) The twigs of this plant were used to make brooms.

Also known as Scotch or Irish Broom. A Druid sacred tree. Burned at the Spring Equinox, it purified and protected.

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

sweep with a broom or as if with a broom; "Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed"

a brush made of twigs or straw with a long handle used for sweeping

a brush with a long stick that you use for sweeping up messes on the ground

a tool used for sweeping

An instrument used to sweep the ice ahead of the stone.

A Wiccan tool used to purify a space before casting a circle.

A broom is sacred to both, the Goddess and God, and is used in Wiccan rituals. The traditional broom has an ash staff, birch twigs, and willow binding. The ash is protective, the birch is purifying, and the willow is sacred to the Goddess. A Wiccan may begin rituals by sweeping the area with a broom (not having the bristles touch the floor), visualizing and ridding the area of negative energies. Its purification properties link it to the element of water. The broom is powerful against curses, and laid accross the threshold of the home it protects its inhabitants. Keeping a broom under the pillow brings pleasant dreams and protects the sleeper. A broom is also often used in love spells and psychic workings. During a handfasting, the couple leaps across a broom to make their union official.

This produces a sweet, grassy odor. It is derived from the blossoms of the Mediterranean-area Spanish broom shrub.

the instrument used to sweep the ice. Brooms with brush heads are most common.

An abnormal proliferation of branches or twigs on a single branch.

In plant pathology: A symptom in which lateral branches proliferate in a dense cluster on the main branch (witches'-broom). ( 21)

A broom is a cleaning tool consisting of stiff fibres attached to, and roughly parallel to, a cylindrical handle, the broomstick. In the context of witchcraft, "broomstick" is likely to refer to the broom as a whole. A smaller whisk broom or brush is sometimes called a duster.