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witches' besom

witches' besom noun: witch's broom, a deformity found on a plant. Also the alternative form of witch's besom.

Noun

witches' besom (countable and uncountable, plural witches' besoms)

  1. Witch's broom, a deformity found on a plant.
    • […] his eye caught a burl, a crotch'd or twisted trunk a witches' besom high up in a dense birch or pine. He came to the strapping stump of a storm-snapp'd spruce and stood there staring at it musingly, then set to sculpting a slot in its side with his axe.2017 January 16, Aleksis Kivi, The Brothers Seven: A Tale, Zeta Books, →ISBN, page 238

Also used as

witches' besom is also the alternative form of witch's besom.

Forms of witches' besom

pluralwitches' besoms

Questions about witches' besom

What does witches' besom mean?
Witches' besom means witch's broom, a deformity found on a plant.
What part of speech is witches' besom?
Witches' besom is a noun.
What is the plural of witches' besom?
The plural of witches' besom is witches' besoms.

Words near witches' besom in the dictionary

  1. witchery
  2. witches
  3. Witches Cauldron
  4. witches of Agnesi
  5. witches' bells
  6. witches' besom
  7. witches' besoms
  8. witches' brew
  9. witches' brews
  10. witches' broom
  11. witches' brooms

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