any of several plants that yield a dye, such as woad, dyer's rocket, and dyer's-greenweed
dyer's-weed in American English
(ˈdaɪərzˌwid)
noun
any of a number of plants that yield a dyestuff, as woadwaxen or dyer's woad
dyer's-weed in American English
(ˈdaiərzˌwid)
noun
any of various plants yielding dyes, as the weld, Reseda luteola, the dyeweed, Genista tinctoria, or the woad, Isatis tinctoria
Word origin
[1570–80]This word is first recorded in the period 1570–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: assimilate, balloon, deadhead, skeleton, split