Woad-waxen
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The leguminous plant Genista tinctoria, native to Europe.
"The woad waxen (Genista tinctoria), common enough near Salem, is seldom found inland, and the same holds good for the barberry and privet, which grow so abundantly near the coast and which have probably been introduced for two hundred years."
Example
More examples"The woad waxen (Genista tinctoria), common enough near Salem, is seldom found inland, and the same holds good for the barberry and privet, which grow so abundantly near the coast and which have probably been introduced for two hundred years."
Etymology
From Old English wuduweaxe.
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