"witch's broom" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: witch's brooms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} witch's broom (countable and uncountable, plural witch's brooms)
  1. (phytopathology) A disease or deformity in a woody plant, typically a tree, such that the natural structure of the plant is changed so that a dense mass of shoots grows from a single point. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Plant diseases Synonyms: witches' besom, witches' broom Translations (Translations): čarověník [masculine] (Czech), heksenbezem [masculine] (Dutch), tuulenpesä (Finnish), tuulenpesä (Ingrian), czarcia miotła [feminine] (Polish), vassoura-de-bruxa [feminine] (Portuguese), cadı süpürgesi (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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