| woad-waxen | <botany> A leguminous plant (Genista tinctoria) of Europe and Russian Asia, and adventitious in America. Synonym: greenwood, greenweed, dyer's greenweed, and whin, wood-wash, wood-wax, and wood-waxen. Origin: Cf. Wood-wax. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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