Define the word dyer\'s-broom"dyer's-broom" gcide "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]
"dyer's-broom" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
dyer's-broom
n : small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that
yield a dye; common as weed in England and United States;
sometimes grown as an ornamental [syn: woodwaxen, dyer's greenweed, dyeweed, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen,
Genista tinctoria]
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