dyer's-greenweed

dyer's greenweed

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Definitions of dyer's-greenweed word

noun dyer's-greenweed woadwaxen. 1
noun dyer's-greenweed a small Eurasian leguminous shrub, Genista tinctoria, whose yellow flowers yield a yellow dye, formerly mixed with woad to produce the colour Kendal green 0

before 1590

One of the 37% oldest English words

First recorded in 1590-1600

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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