Butcher's broom Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun shrub with stiff flattened stems resembling leaves (cladophylls); used for making brooms
    Ruscus aculeatus.

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Definitions
  1. a plant (Ruscus aculeatus) of the Smilax family, used by butchers for brooms to sweep their blocks; called also knee holly. See Cladophyll.

Webster 1913