dyer's rocket
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Origin of dyer's rocket
First recorded in 1860–65; cultivated for a yellow dye
Words nearby dyer's rocket
Dyerma, dyer's-broom, Dyersburg, dyer's greenweed, dyer's moss, dyer's rocket, dyer's-weed, dyer's woodruff, dye sensitizing, dyestuff, dye transfer
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British Dictionary definitions for dyer's rocket
dyer's rocket
noun
a Eurasian resedaceous plant, Reseda luteola, with a spike of yellowish-green flowers and long narrow leaves: formerly cultivated as the source of a yellow dye, used with woad to make Lincoln greenAlso called: weld
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