dyer's rocket


noun

Origin of dyer's rocket

First recorded in 1860–65; cultivated for a yellow dye

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