woadwaxen

[ wohd-wak-suhn ]

noun
  1. 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
1325–75; Middle English wodewaxen, equivalent to wodewood1 + waxen grown (past participle of waxen to wax2); replacing Middle English wodewax,Old English wuduweax

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British Dictionary definitions for woadwaxen

woadwaxen

/ (ˈwəʊdˌwæksən) /


noun
  1. another name for dyer's-greenweed

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