Genista from which comes the modern name broom for the tool heather or similar.
Names of witches brooms.
It is a traditionally constructed broom made of a bundle of twigs tied to a central stouter wooden pole.
A besom ˈ b iː z əm is a broom a household implement used for sweeping the term is now mostly reserved for a traditional broom constructed from a bundle of twigs tied to a stout pole.
Witch broom disease caused by phytoplasmas or basidiomycetes is economically important in a number of crop.
A besom broom is the kind of broom traditionally associated with witches and is one of the tools commonly used in the practice of modern wicca.
The twigs used could be broom i e.
But few likely know the shadowy tale of how witches came to be associated with those familiar household objects.
Witch s broom or witches broom is a deformity in a woody plant typically a tree where the natural structure of the plant is changed a dense mass of shoots grows from a single point with the resulting structure resembling a broom or a bird s nest it is sometimes caused by pathogens.
This halloween many of those dressed as witches will be carrying broomsticks.