dyer[s-broom (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *dyer's-broom*:
NOUN	plant	dyer's-broom, woodwaxen, dyer's greenweed, dyeweed, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen, Genista tinctoria	small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye

English > *dyer's-broom*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	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.
Synonyms	woodwaxen, dyer's greenweed, dyeweed, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen, Genista tinctoria
Member of	Genista, genus Genista	chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of Mediterranean area and western Asia
Broader	broom	Any of various shrubs of the genera ... / genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
Spanish	gualda, woadwaxen
Catalan	woadwaxen

HyperDic: dyer[s-broom