butcher's broom

English

Etymology

Formerly used by butchers for brooms to sweep their blocks.

Noun

butcher's broom

1. Any plant of the genus Ruscus, especially Ruscus aculeatus.

Synonyms

• knee holly, knee holm

Translations

Any plant of the genus Ruscus

• Arabic: سَفَنْدَر m (safandar)
• Bulgarian: залист m (zalist)
• Catalan: galzeran (ca) m
• Cornish: kelynnen vyghan f
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Esperanto: rusko
• Finnish: ruskus (fi)
• Galician: xilbarbeira (gl) f, xibarda (gl) f, mesquita f, rascacú m
• Georgian: თაგვისარა (ka) (tagvisara)
• German: Mäusedorn m
• Greek:

  Ancient: μυάκανθος m (muákanthos), ὀξῠμῠρσῐ́νη f (oxumursínē), χαμαιμυρσίνη f (khamaimursínē)

• Irish: giolcach nimhe f
• Italian: pugnitopo m
• Latin: ruscum n
• Mingrelian: ბარცხი (barcxi)
• Persian: مورد اسفرم (murd esfaram)
• Polish: myszopłoch (pl) m, ruszczyk m, iglica (pl) f (archaic)
• Russian: и́глица (ru) f (íglica), мыши́ный тёрн m (myšínyj tjorn) (uncommon)
• Serbo-Croatian: vèprina (sh) f, kòstrika (sh) f, vèprinac (sh) m, nadlist m (archaic), zalist m (archaic)
• Swedish: stickmyrten c
• Turkish: tavşanmemesi (tr)
• Venetian: rosco m