English noun: woadwaxen | |||
1. | woadwaxen (plant) 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 | ||
Synonyms | dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, Genista tinctoria, greenweed, whin, woodwaxen | ||
Broader (hypernym) | broom | ||
Member meronym | Genista, genus Genista | ||