genista tinctoria

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Genista tinctoria
    n 1: 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}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

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