Definition of Woadwaxen

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.

Exact synonyms: Dyer's Greenweed, Dyer's-broom, Dyeweed, Genista Tinctoria, Greenweed, Whin, Woodwaxen
Generic synonyms: Broom
Group relationships: Genista, Genus Genista

Definition of Woadwaxen

1. n. A leguminous plant (Genista tinctoria) of Europe and Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; -- called also greenwood, greenweed, dyer's greenweed, and whin, wood-wash, wood-wax, and wood- waxen.

2. n. A leguminous plant (Genista tinctoria) of Europe and Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; -- called also greenwood, greenweed, dyer's greenweed, and whin, wood-wash, wood-wax, and wood- waxen.

Definition of Woadwaxen

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Woadwaxen

wizzens
wizzes
WLAN
WMD
WMO
WNL
WNW
wo
woad
woad
woad-waxen
woaded
woaded
woads
woadwax
woadwaxen (current term)
woadwaxens
woadwaxes
woald
woalds
wobble
wobble
wobbled
wobbler
wobblers
wobbles
wobble base
wobble hypothesis
wobblier
wobblies

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