| 单词 | woadwaxen |
| 释义 | woadwaxen /wohd"wak'seuhn/, n. an ornamental Eurasian shrub, Genista tinctoria, whose flowers yield a yellow dye formerly used with woad to make a permanent green dye. Also, woodwaxen. Also called dyer's-broom, dyer's greenweed, dyer's greenwood. [1325-75; ME wodewaxen, equiv. to wode WOOD1 + waxen grown (ptp. of waxen to WAX2); r. ME wodewax, OE wuduweax] |
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