woadwaxen
[ wohd-wak-suhn ]
noun
an ornamental Eurasian shrub, Genista tinctoria, whose flowers yield a yellow dye formerly used with woad to make a permanent green dye.
Origin of woadwaxen
1- Also called dyer's-broom, dyer's greenweed, dyer's greenwood.
- Also woodwaxen.
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British Dictionary definitions for woadwaxen
woadwaxen
/ (ˈwəʊdˌwæksən) /
noun
another name for dyer's-greenweed
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