woodwaxen
noun
wood·wax·en
| \ ˈwu̇ˌdwaksən\
variants:
or less commonly woodwax \ ˈ⸗ˌ⸗ \
plural woodwaxens
also woodwaxes
Definition of woodwaxen
: a yellow-flowered Eurasian shrub (Genista tinctoria) common as a weed in England, adventive in North America, and sometimes cultivated for ornament
— called also dyer's broom, dyeweed, greenweed, greenwood, whin, woadwaxen
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