DYER'S-BROOM

 Dictionary entry overview: What does dyer's-broom mean? 

• DYER'S-BROOM (noun)
  The noun DYER'S-BROOM has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: DYER'S-BROOM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DYER'S-BROOM (noun)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

dyer's greenweed; dyer's-broom; dyeweed; Genista tinctoria; greenweed; woadwaxen; woodwaxen; whin

Hypernyms ("dyer's-broom" is a kind of...):

broom (any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers)

Holonyms ("dyer's-broom" is a member of...):

Genista; genus Genista (chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of Mediterranean area and western Asia: broom)