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A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spiked flowers, and grow attached to the roots of other plants, as furze, clover, flax, wild carrot, etc. The name is sometimes applied to other plants related to this genus, as Aphyllon uni…

A broomstick. [Obs.] Shak.

A stick used as a handle of a broom.

Of or pertaining to broom; overgrowing with broom; resembling broom or a broom. If land grow mossy or broomy. Mortimer.

A genus of plants (Ruscus); esp. R. aculeatus, which has large red berries and leaflike branches. See Cladophyll.

A private room or apartment. "Stand in some by-room" Shak.

A room, attached to any place of public resort, where cloaks, overcoats, etc., may be deposited for a time.

The apartment in which a club meets. Addison.

A public room where coffee and other refreshments may be obtained.

A room for cookery; a kitchen; the galley or caboose of a ship. Sir W. Raleigh.

The house or room in which a merchant, trader, or manufacturer keeps his books and transacts business.

A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room.

Room to extend the elbows on each side; ample room for motion or action; free scope. "My soul hath elbowroom." Shak. Then came a stretch of grass and a little more elbowroom. W. G. Norris.

Same as Stokehold, below.

A plant of the genus Genista (G. tinctoria); dyer's weed; -- called also greenweed.

The retiring room of actors and actresses in a theater.

A room specially fitted for broiling food, esp. one in a restaurant, hotel, or clubhouse, arranged for prompt service.

rs of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department; as, the groom of the chamber; the groom of the stole.

One who, or that which, grooms horses; especially, a brush rotated by a flexible or jointed revolving shaft, for cleaning horses.

A male attendant of a bridegroom at his wedding; -- the correlative of bridesmaid.