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witches' besoms

witches' besoms is the plural of witches' besom.

Meaning of witches' 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

Questions about witches' besoms

What is witches' besoms the plural of?
Witches' besoms is the plural of witches' besom.

Words near witches' besoms in the dictionary

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

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