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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
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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