Crossword clues for greenweed
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Green-broom \Green"-broom`\, n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Genista ( G. tinctoria); dyer's weed; -- called also greenweed.
Woad-waxen \Woad"-wax`en\, n. [Cf. Wood-wax.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant ( Genista tinctoria) of Europe and Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; -- called also greenwood, greenweed, dyer's greenweed, and whin, wood-wash, wood-wax, and wood-waxen.
Wiktionary
n. Any of several plants, of the genus ''Genista'', related to broom
WordNet
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, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, whin, woadwaxen, Genista tinctoria]
Usage examples of "greenweed".
Wool dyed with Dyer's greenweed and mordanted with alum produces a clear yellow, while wool mordanted with tin produces a dark blackish brown.
Blue used woad or indigo alone, and dark green was produced by overdyeing blue fabric with weld, dyer's greenweed or a similar yellow dye.
Dyer's broom aka woodwaxen, greenweed [Genista tinctoria]: Source of a yellow dye.
Wool dyed with Dyer’s greenweed and mordanted with alum produces a clear yellow, while wool mordanted with tin produces a dark blackish brown.