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单词 woadwaxen
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woadwaxen

[ wohd-wak-suhn ]
/ ˈwoʊdˌwæk sən /

noun

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.

Origin of woadwaxen

1325–75; Middle English wodewaxen, equivalent to wodewood1 + waxen grown (past participle of waxen to wax2); replacing Middle English wodewax,Old English wuduweax

Words nearby woadwaxen

wnl, WNW, wo, woad, woaded, woadwaxen, woald, w.o.b., wobbegong, wobble, wobble board
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British Dictionary definitions for woadwaxen

woadwaxen
/ (ˈwəʊdˌwæksən) /

noun

another name for dyer's-greenweed
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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