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woodwaxen

woodwaxen is the alternative form of woad-waxen.

Meaning of woad-waxen

Noun

woad-waxen (plural woad-waxens)

  1. The leguminous plant Genista tinctoria, native to Europe.
    • The woad waxen (Genista tinctoria), common enough near Salem, is seldom found inland, and the same holds good for the barberry and privet, which grow so abundantly near the coast and which have probably been introduced for two hundred years.1898, Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, Volume 45, Part 1897, page 273
    Synonyms:
    greenweed, greenwood, whin, wood-wash, woodwax, woodwaxen

Forms of woodwaxen

pluralwoodwaxens

Questions about woodwaxen

What is woodwaxen the alternative form of?
Woodwaxen is the alternative form of woad-waxen.

Words near woodwaxen in the dictionary

  1. woodwares
  2. woodwart
  3. woodwasp
  4. woodwasps
  5. woodwax
  6. woodwaxen
  7. woodwaxens
  8. woodway
  9. woodways
  10. woodwind
  11. woodwind instrument

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