Noun: woadwaxen 'wowd,wak-sun
- 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
"woadwaxen is also known as dyer's greenweed";
- woodwaxen, dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, greenweed, whin, Genista tinctoria
Derived forms: woadwaxens
Type of: broom
Part of: Genista, genus Genista
Encyclopedia: Woadwaxen