greenweed

/ˌgrinˈwid/
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Definitions of greenweed
  1. noun
    small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental
    synonyms: Genista tinctoria, dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, whin, woadwaxen, woodwaxen
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    type of:
    broom
    any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
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