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dyer's greenweed

American  
[green-weed] / ˈgrinˌwid /

noun

  1. woadwaxen.

dyer's-greenweed British  

noun

  1. Also called: woadwaxen.   woodwaxen.  a small Eurasian leguminous shrub, Genista tinctoria, whose yellow flowers yield a yellow dye, formerly mixed with woad to produce the colour Kendal green

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Etymology

Origin of dyer's greenweed

First recorded in 1590–1600

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