“dyer /'s”

The following 16 entries include the term dyer /'s.

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dyer's alkanet

noun

dyer's barberry

noun

: an Indian barberry (Berberis aristata) yielding a yellow dye

dyer's-broom

noun

dyer's broom

noun

: a light to moderate greenish yellow that is less strong than acacia and redder and less strong than liqueur green

dyer's buckthorn

noun

: any of several shrubs of the genus Rhamnus (especially R. infectoria) yielding a yellow dye

dyer's cleavers

noun

: madder

dyer's furze

noun

dyer's grape

noun

dyer's mulberry

noun

: fustic

dyer's oak

noun

: an Asiatic tree (Quercus infectoria) the galls of which yield a dye

dyer's rocket

noun

: a European mignonette (Reseda luteola) cultivated for its yellow dye and naturalized in North America

dyer's saffron

noun

dyer's-weed

noun

: any of several dye-yielding plants (as the dyer's rocket, the woodwaxen, the dyer's woad)

dyer's whin

noun

dyer's woad

noun

: a woad (Isatis tinctoria) that yields an indigo

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