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Definition of Greenweed
1. Noun. Small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental.
Generic synonyms: Broom
Group relationships: Genista, Genus Genista
Definition of Greenweed
1. n. See Greenbroom.
Definition of Greenweed
1. Noun. Any of several plants, of the genus ''Genista'', related to broom ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Greenweed
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Greenweed
Literary usage of Greenweed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... and 'The Flora of Tropical Africa* ; and is joint author of 'The Flora of
Middlesex' (1869). He was created KCMG in 1899. DYER'S BROOM; greenweed ..."
2. Familiar Wild Flowers by Frederick Edward Hulme (1902)
"In this latter the pod is shorter and broader than that of the dyer's greenweed,
and thickly clothed with silky hairs. Our popular English name, ..."
3. A Manual of Weeds: With Descriptions of All the Most Pernicious and by Ada Eljiva Georgia (1914)
"Cattle will eat it when other forage is scarce, with the greenweed (Genista result
that its bitter taste is imparted to ..."
4. Agricultural Botany: Theoretical and Practical by John Percival (1921)
"To this genus belongs Dyer's greenweed (Genista tinctoria L.), a shrubby leguminous
weed of stiff clay soils (p. 614). Best-harrow (Genus Ononis). 23. ..."
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