- dyer's greenweed
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/green"weed'/woadwaxen.[1590-1600]
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dyer's greenweed
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dyer's greenweed — Woad waxen Woad wax en, n. [Cf. {Wood wax}.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant ({Genista tinctoria}) of Europe and Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; called also {greenwood}, {greenweed}, {dyer s greenweed}, and {whin}, {wood wash}, {wood wax},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dyer’s greenweed — dažinis prožirnis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Pupinių šeimos dažinis, dekoratyvinis, vaistinis augalas (Genista tinctoria), paplitęs Europoje ir Azijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Genista tinctoria angl. common woadwaxen; dyer’s broom; dyer’s… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
dyer's greenweed — noun 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 • Syn: ↑woodwaxen, ↑dyer s broom, ↑dyeweed, ↑greenweed, ↑whin, ↑woadwaxen, ↑Genista… … Useful english dictionary
dyer's greenweed — /daɪəz ˈgrinwid/ (say duyuhz greenweed) noun a small shrub, Genista tinctoria, with yellow flowers and yielding a yellow dye, widespread in rough grassland in Europe and western Asia …
dyer's greenweed — noun a bushy yellow flowered leguminous plant, formerly used to make a yellow or green dye. [Genista tinctoria.] … English new terms dictionary
dyer's-greenweed — dyˈer s greenˈweed or dyˈer s broom noun A papilionaceous shrub (Genista tinctoria), a source of yellow colouring matter • • • Main Entry: ↑dye … Useful english dictionary
dyer's broom — dyer s broom, dyer s broom dyer s broom . small Eurasian shrub ({Genista tinctoria}) having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as weed in England and U.S.; sometimes grown as an ornamental. Syn: woodwaxen, dyer s greenweed, dyer… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dyer's-broom — dyer s broom, dyer s broom dyer s broom . small Eurasian shrub ({Genista tinctoria}) having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as weed in England and U.S.; sometimes grown as an ornamental. Syn: woodwaxen, dyer s greenweed, dyer… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dyer's-broom — noun 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 • Syn: ↑woodwaxen, ↑dyer s greenweed, ↑dyeweed, ↑greenweed, ↑whin, ↑woadwaxen,… … Useful english dictionary
greenweed — Woad waxen Woad wax en, n. [Cf. {Wood wax}.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant ({Genista tinctoria}) of Europe and Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; called also {greenwood}, {greenweed}, {dyer s greenweed}, and {whin}, {wood wash}, {wood wax},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
