besom

term now mostly reserved for a traditional broom constructed from a bundle of twigs tied to a stout pole
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besom

Summary

besom ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (136 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • besom's image is recorded as Русский веник.jpg[2].
  • Genista is named after besom[3].
  • besom's made from material is recorded as straw[4].
  • besom's made from material is recorded as branch[5].
  • besom's made from material is recorded as Genista bristle[6].
  • besom's subclass of is recorded as broom[7].
  • besom's Commons category is recorded as Besom brooms[8].
  • besom's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02kfrm[9].
  • besom's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • besom's different from is recorded as witch broom[11].
  • besom's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 97917[12].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for besom include broom[13], a product category[14].

Why It Matters

besom ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (136 views/month).[1] besom has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] besom is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Entities named for besom include broom[13], a product category[14].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [13] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). besom. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/besom
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_besom_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{besom}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/besom}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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