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English
Etymology
From broom + straw.
Noun
broomstraw (plural broomstraws)
- A type of undesirable grass
- Synonym: broomsedge
2016 February 12, Arlene Marturano, “Harvesting Brooms”, in Columbia Star:Native bees nest in broomstraw
2019 March 13, Cole Maness, “How to Get Rid of Broomsedge/Broomstraw”, in Warren County Center:how do I get rid of all this Broomsedge/Broomstraw?
2021 November 3, Kendra Phipps, “The Burden of Broomstraw”, in Stokes County Center:Research has shown that broomstraw prefers low fertility and low pH soils
Adjective
broomstraw (comparative more broomstraw, superlative most broomstraw)
- Like a certain type of mechanical failure
1998 September 2, “Air transportation safety investigation report A98H0003”, in Transportation Safety Board of Canada:Mechanical fractures with broomstraw-like appearance were found at 16 separate locations on frames and intercostals
2001 July, Eric Adams, “Reading The Wreckage”, in Smithsonian Magazine:when it comes apart in an in-flight fire, it produces the “broomstraw effect,” in which the points where the metal has come apart will look stringy.
2021 March 1, N. C. Ubani Ochoa, D. M. Cone, S. W. Stafford, J. D. Olivas, “Investigation of broom-straw fracture behavior of aluminum alloy 2024 debris recovered from Space Shuttle Columbia”, in Journal of Space Safety Engineering, volume 8, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 4–11:Evaluation of sub-structural aluminum debris collected from Space Shuttle Columbia indicated broom-straw fracture of AA7075 seat legs