woadwaxen

[ wohd-wak-suhn ]

/ ˈwoʊdˌwæk sən /

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noun

an ornamental Eurasian shrub, Genista tinctoria, whose flowers yield a yellow dye formerly used with woad to make a permanent green dye.

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Also woodwaxen.

Also called dyer's-broom, dyer's greenweed, dyer's greenwood.

Origin of woadwaxen

1325–75; Middle English wodewaxen, equivalent to wodewood¹ + waxen grown (past participle of waxen to wax²); replacing Middle English wodewax,Old English wuduweax

Words nearby woadwaxen

WMO, WNW, wo, woad, woaded, woadwaxen, woald, w.o.b., wobbegong, wobble, wobble board

British Dictionary definitions for woadwaxen

woadwaxen

/ (ˈwəʊdˌwæksən) /

noun

another name for dyer's-greenweed

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