HyperDic: woadwaxen

English > 1 sense of the word woadwaxen:
NOUNplantwoadwaxen, woodwaxen, dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, greenweed, whin, Genista tinctoriasmall Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye
English > woadwaxen: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsmall 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.
Synonymswoodwaxen, dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, greenweed, whin, Genista tinctoria
Member ofGenista, genus Genistachiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of Mediterranean area and western Asia
BroaderbroomAny of various shrubs of the genera ... / genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
Spanishgualda, woadwaxen
Catalanwoadwaxen

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