woadwaxen

[ wohd-wak-suh n ]
/ ˈwoʊdˌwæk sən /

noun

an ornamental Eurasian shrub, Genista tinctoria, whose flowers yield a yellow dye formerly used with woad to make a permanent green dye.
Also woodwaxen.
Also called dyer's-broom, dyer's greenweed, dyer's greenwood.

Origin of woadwaxen

1325–75; Middle English wodewaxen, equivalent to wode wood1 + waxen grown (past participle of waxen to wax2); replacing Middle English wodewax, Old English wuduweax

Words nearby woadwaxen

wmo, wnw, wo, woad, woaded, woadwaxen, woald, wobbegong, wobble, wobble board, wobble plate

British Dictionary definitions for woadwaxen

woadwaxen
/ (ˈwəʊdˌwæksən) /

noun

another name for dyer's-greenweed