The Collaborative International Dictionary
Woad-waxen
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
woad-waxen
alt. The leguminous plant (taxlink Genista tinctoria species noshow=1), native to Europe. n. The leguminous plant (taxlink Genista tinctoria species noshow=1), native to Europe.