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dyer's greenweed
[ green-weed ]
dyer's-greenweed
noun
- a small Eurasian leguminous shrub, Genista tinctoria, whose yellow flowers yield a yellow dye, formerly mixed with woad to produce the colour Kendal green Also calledwoadwaxenwoodwaxen
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dyer's greenweed1
First recorded in 1590–1600
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Example Sentences
“Dyer’s greenweed,” the woman announced, poking with her cane at a shrub with small flowers.
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