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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The dyers' broom, Genista tinctoria: so called from its use in dyeing green. Also called greening-weed, greenweed. See cut under
Genista .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A plant of the genus Genista (
G. tinctoria ); dyer's weed; -- called alsogreenweed .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun deciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe; widely cultivated for its rich yellow flowers
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