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[syn: woodwaxen, dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen, Genista tinctoria]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Woad-waxen \Woad"-wax`en\, n. [Cf. Wood-wax.] (Bot.)
A leguminous plant (Genista tinctoria) of Europe and
Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; -- called also
greenwood, greenweed, dyer's greenweed, and whin,
wood-wash, wood-wax, and wood-waxen.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
dyer's broom \dyer's broom\, dyer's-broom \dyer's-broom\n.
small Eurasian shrub (Genista tinctoria) having clusters of
yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as weed in England
and U.S.; sometimes grown as an ornamental.
Syn: woodwaxen, dyer's greenweed, dyer's weed, dyer's rocket,
dyeweed, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen, Genista
tinctoria.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Genista tinctoria
n 1: small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that
yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United
States; sometimes grown as an ornamental [syn: woodwaxen,
dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, greenweed,
whin, woadwaxen, Genista tinctoria]