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WOADWAXENS
Noun
woadwaxens
plural of woadwaxen
Source: Wiktionary
WOADWAXEN
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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