greenweed

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

greenweed
    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

Green-broom \Green"-broom`\, n. (Bot.)
   A plant of the genus {Genista} ({G. tinctoria}); dyer's weed;
   -- called also {greenweed}.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Greenweed \Green"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
   See {Greenbroom}.
   [1913 Webster]

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]

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