Definition
Any of various weedy plants that resemble broom or grow among broom plants, especially certain herbaceous species.
Etymology
From broom + weed (Old English 'weod', a wild plant). Compounds plant names by combining common plant types.
Kelly Says
Plant naming reveals how people learned botany—they'd describe new plants by comparing them to familiar ones, so 'broomweed' means 'that weed that looks like broom,' creating an entire vocabulary of comparative plant identification.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ጥቁር እንቁላል
tiq-kur en-k-u-la-l
ARالعربية
عشب المكنسة
ʕašb al-maknisa
BNবাংলা
ঝাড়ুপাতা
jha-ar-u-pa-ta
CACatalà
herba de escopa
er-ba deh es-ko-pa
CSČeština
metlovec
met-lo-vec
DADansk
børstegræs
boer-ste-graes
DEDeutsch
Besenkraut
be-zen-kraut
ELΕλληνικά
σκουπιδάρι
sko-oo-pee-da-ree
ESEspañol
hierba de escoba
e-er-bah deh eh-sko-bah
FAفارسی
گُلِ broomstick
goo-leh broom-stick
FISuomi
siivouskasvi
si-i-vous-kas-vi
FRFrançais
herbe à balai
erb ah ba-lay
HEעברית
עשב מברשת
e-sav me-var-sheht
HIहिन्दी
झाड़ू का घास
jhaadu ka ghaas
HUMagyar
seprűfű
se-prü-fü
IDBahasa Indonesia
rumput sapu
rum-put sa-pu
ITItaliano
erba scopa
er-ba sko-pa
MSBahasa Melayu
rumput sapu
rum-put sa-pu
NLNederlands
bezemgras
be-zem-gras
NONorsk
børstegress
boer-ste-gress
PLPolski
trawa do szczotek
tra-va do szczotek
PTPortuguês
erva-de-escova
er-va-deh-es-ko-va
RORomână
iarbă de mătură
e-arbă deh ma-tură
RUРусский
метёлка
myet-yo-lka
SVSvenska
beskvätt
bes-kvett
SWKiswahili
nyasi ya mswaki
nya-si ya m-swa-ki
TAதமிழ்
விசிறி செடிக
vi-shi-ri se-di-ka
THไทย
หญ้าหวาย
ha-ya wa-yai
TRTürkçe
fırça ot
fir-tsa ot
UKУкраїнська
метлова
met-lova
URاردو
بroomweed
broomweed
VITiếng Việt
cây quét
cay quét
ZUZU
umngqashi
um-ng-qa-shi