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woodwaxen (ˈwʊdˌwæksən) Forms: 4–5 wodewexen, 6–9 woodwaxen, 9– woad-waxen. [app. oblique case of OE. form of woodwax (wuduweaxan) taken as nom. The form woadwaxen is due to association with woad.] The plant dyer's broom or greenweed, Genista tinctoria.1367 Close Roll 41 Edw. III, m. 9 dorso, Tercia...
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woodwax
woodwax ? Obs. (ˈwʊdwæks) Also 6 wodwesse, -wosse, 9 dial. woodwish, etc. [OE. wuduweaxe, f. wudu wood n.1 + *weaxe, presumably f. Teut. waχs- to grow, wax v.1] = woodwaxen.c 1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 66 Wudu weaxe & heᵹerife ᵹecnuwa þa togædere. 1570 Levins Manip. 85/35 Wodwesse, glastum. Ibid. 175/37 ...
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Genista
—dyer's broom, woodwaxen
var. ovata (Waldst. & Kit.) F. W. Schultz
var. tinctoria L.
Genista toluensis Vals.
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