dyer's rocket

American

noun

weld.

dyer's rocket British

noun

Also called: weld. 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 green

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Etymology

Origin of dyer's rocket

First recorded in 1860–65; cultivated for a yellow dye

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