What does "dyer's-broom" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "dyer's-broom"?

Common synonyms include: dyer's greenweed, dyeweed, genista tinctoria, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen.

Dyer's-broom

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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 wordnet

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dyer's greenweed dyeweed genista tinctoria greenweed whin woadwaxen

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