WOADWAXEN
woodwaxen, dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen, Genista tinctoria
(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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
woadwaxen (countable and uncountable, plural woadwaxens)
Alternative form of woad-waxen
Source: Wiktionary
Woad"-wax`en, n. Etym: [Cf. Wood-wax.] (Bot.)
Definition: 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, and wood- waxen.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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