yellow broom noun3 •Any yellow-blooming plant of tribe Genisteae: subfamily Faboideae. •Cytisus scoparius.And the green of the caparison of the horse, and of his rider, was as green as the leaves of the fir-tree, and the yellow was as yellow as the blossom of the broom. — 1861 •(US) Baptisia tinctoria, of the tribe Thermopsideae: subfamily Faboideae. formsyellow brooms