dyer's rocket
noun
Origin of dyer's rocket
First recorded in 1860–65; cultivated for a yellow dye
Words nearby dyer's rocket
dyeing,
dyeline,
dyer,
dyer's greenweed,
dyer's moss,
dyer's rocket,
dyer's woodruff,
dyer's-broom,
dyer's-greenweed,
dyer's-weed,
dyerma
British Dictionary definitions for dyer's rocket
dyer's rocket
noun
a Eurasian resedaceous plant, Reseda luteola, with a spike of yellowish-green flowers and long narrow leaves: formerly cultivated as the source of a yellow dye, used with woad to make Lincoln green
Also called: weld