- wuduweaxe
- f (-an/-an) wood-waxen, genista tinctoria
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
wuduweaxe
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Wood-wash — Wood wax Wood wax , Wood waxen Wood wax en, n. [AS. wuduweaxe.] (Bot.) Same as {Woadwaxen}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wood-wax — Wood wash Wood wash , Wood wax Wood wax , Wood waxen Wood wax en, n. [AS. wuduweaxe.] (Bot.) Same as {Woadwaxen}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wood-waxen — Wood wash Wood wash , Wood wax Wood wax , Wood waxen Wood wax en, n. [AS. wuduweaxe.] (Bot.) Same as {Woadwaxen}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
woadwaxen — [wōdwak΄sən] n. [ME wodewexen < OE wuduweaxe < wudu, WOOD1 + weaxe < base of weaxan, to grow, WAX2] an ornamental plant (Genista tinctoria) of the pea family, with simple leaves and flowers that yield a yellow dye used by the ancient… … English World dictionary
woad|wax|en — «WOHD WAK suhn», noun. an Old World yellow flowered shrub of the pea family; dye weed; dyer s broom. Its flowers were formerly used as the source of a yellow dye. Also, woodwaxen. ╂[alteration (influenced by woad) of woodwaxen < Old English… … Useful english dictionary
