saw-wort

British

/ ˈsɔːˌwɜːt /

noun

a perennial Old World plant, Serratula tinctoria, having serrated leaves that yield a yellow dye: family Asteraceae (composites)

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Dyers'-broom, saw-wort, the twigs of the poplar, the osier, and the birch, heather, broom, flowers and twigs, will all of them give yellows of more or less permanence.

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SAW-WORT.—The whole herb produces a yellow tincture.

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