dyer : Idioms & Phrases

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Dyer's broom, Dyer's rocket, Dyer's weed

  • . See Dyer's broom, under Broom.
Webster 1913

dyer's greenweed

  • noun 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
    whin; dyer's greenweed; woadwaxen; dyeweed; woodwaxen; greenweed; Genista tinctoria.
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dyer's mignonette

  • noun European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America
    dyer's mignonette; Reseda luteola; weld.
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dyer's rocket

  • noun European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America
    dyer's mignonette; Reseda luteola; weld.
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dyer's weed

  • noun eastern North American herb whose yellow flowers are (or were) used in dyeing
    Solidago rugosa.
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dyer's woad

  • noun European biennial formerly grown for the blue coloring matter yielded by its leaves
    Isatis tinctoria.
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dyer's woodruff

  • noun creeping European perennial having red or pinkish-white flowers and red roots sometimes used as a substitute for madder in dyeing
    Asperula tinctoria.
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dyer's-broom

  • noun 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
    whin; dyer's greenweed; woadwaxen; dyeweed; woodwaxen; greenweed; Genista tinctoria.
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dyers' chamomile

  • noun Eurasian perennial herb with hairy divided leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in North America
    yellow chamomile; golden marguerite; Anthemis tinctoria.
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