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woad·wax·en
/
ˈwoʊdˌwæk
sən
/
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-wak-s
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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.
Also,
woodwaxen.
Also called
dyer's-broom
,
dyer's greenweed
,
dyer's greenwood.
Origin:
1325–75;
Middle English
wodewaxen,
equivalent to
wode
wood
1
+
waxen
grown (past participle of
waxen
to
wax
2
); replacing
Middle English
wodewax,
Old English
wuduweax
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woadwaxen
(ˈwəʊdˌwæksən)
—
n
another name for
dyer's-greenweed
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