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dyer's-broom

[ dahy-erz-broom, -broo m ]
/ ˈdaɪ ərzˌbrum, -ˌbrʊm /

noun

woadwaxen.

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Words nearby dyer's-broom

dyer, dyer's greenweed, dyer's moss, dyer's rocket, dyer's woodruff, dyer's-broom, dyer's-greenweed, dyer's-weed, dyerma, dyersburg, dyestuff

Origin of dyer's-broom

First recorded in 1810–20
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