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broom tree - prickly yellow-flowered shrub of the moors of New England and Europe

Genista anglica, needle furze, petty whin

broom - any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers

Genista, genus Genista - chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of Mediterranean area and western Asia: broom

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"There are lots of fun things and some highly-scented plants too, like our broom tree from the Canary Islands which has been flowering for a few weeks and the scent is absolutely heavenly."

Get more 'exotica' in your back yard - and get growing for Wales; 'There is an awful lot happening in the Great Glasshouse at the moment; it is beginning to awaken,' says Simon Goodenough, curator of the National Botanic Garden of Wales. Farming Editor Sally Williams hears how Mr Goodenough wants us all to grow more plants for our own colourful spring awakenings

He sat under a broom tree and prayed for God to take his life.

Three o'clock and all is well

Elijah dies of despair under a broom tree. Isaiah remains a man of unclean lips after the first vision and never talks about it.

The trouble with angels: These celestial beings are elusive and mysterious--but totally necessary

In despair, he sat under a broom tree and asked the Lord to end his life.

The still, small voice of hope

(5) Jezebel threatens to kill Elijah, who retreats to the broom tree and expresses the death wish; the equivalent of Jezebel in Sword of Honour is Virginia, who has deserted Guy and has driven him into seclusion in Italy.

Elijah and the beginning of Evelyn Waugh's Men at Arms

In Mexico, Stepp found that Mayans often use handy weeds such as broom tree (Baccharis vaccionioides) to treat an upset stomach, as well as various weeds to treat colds and respiratory problems.

Weeds as medicines

As he sat under the broom tree that day in the desert, his thoughts centered on himself, and in his despair, he prayed for death All his plans had gone awry.

Centering on God

This brings many of us to the broom tree experience detailed in the story of Elijah.

Eat up and go: a morsel of heavenly bread may be just what we need for the long road ahead