单词 | woadwaxen |
释义 | woadwaxen[ wohd-wak-suhn ] / ˈwoʊdˌwæk sən / nounan 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 woadwaxen1325–75; Middle English wodewaxen, equivalent to wodewood1 + waxen grown (past participle of waxen to wax2); replacing Middle English wodewax,Old English wuduweax Words nearby woadwaxenwnl, WNW, wo, woad, woaded, woadwaxen, woald, w.o.b., wobbegong, wobble, wobble board Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for woadwaxenwoadwaxen / (ˈwəʊdˌwæksən) / nounanother 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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