dyer's greenweed

[green-weed]

noun

1. woadwaxen.

dyer's-greenweed

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of dyer's greenweed¹

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

“Dyer’s greenweed,” the woman announced, poking with her cane at a shrub with small flowers.

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