'Genista tinctoria' definitions:
Definition of 'Genista tinctoria'
(from WordNet)
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 [syn: woodwaxen, dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen, Genista tinctoria]
Definition of 'Genista tinctoria'
From: GCIDE
- Woad-waxen \Woad"-wax`en\, n. [Cf. Wood-wax.] (Bot.) 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Genista tinctoria'
From: GCIDE
- dyer's broom \dyer's broom\, dyer's-broom \dyer's-broom\n. small Eurasian shrub (Genista tinctoria) having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as weed in England and U.S.; sometimes grown as an ornamental.
- Syn: woodwaxen, dyer's greenweed, dyer's weed, dyer's rocket, dyeweed, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen, {Genista tinctoria}. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'Genista tinctoria'
From: GCIDE
- dyer's broom \dyer's broom\, dyer's-broom \dyer's-broom\n. small Eurasian shrub (Genista tinctoria) having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as weed in England and U.S.; sometimes grown as an ornamental.
- Syn: woodwaxen, dyer's greenweed, dyer's weed, dyer's rocket, dyeweed, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen, {Genista tinctoria}. [WordNet 1.5]