dyer's greenweed

[ green-weed ]
/ ˈgrinˌwid /

noun

woadwaxen.

Origin of dyer's greenweed

First recorded in 1590–1600

Words nearby dyer's greenweed

dye transfer, dyed-in-the-wool, dyeing, dyeline, dyer, dyer's greenweed, dyer's moss, dyer's rocket, dyer's woodruff, dyer's-broom, dyer's-greenweed

British Dictionary definitions for dyer's-greenweed

dyer's-greenweed

esp US dyer's-broom

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 called: woadwaxen, woodwaxen