reseda luteola

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reseda luteola - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Luteic \Lu*te"ic\, a. (Chem.)
     (a) Pertaining to, or derived from, weld (Reseda luteola).
     (b) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid resembling
         luteolin, but obtained from the flowers of Euphorbia   cyparissias
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  Luteolin \Lu"te*o*lin\, n. [From NL. Reseda luteola, fr. L.
     luteolus yellowish, fr. luteus: cf. F. lut['e]oline. See
     Luteous.] (Chem.)
     A yellow dyestuff obtained from the foliage of the dyer's
     broom (Reseda luteola).
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  Weld \Weld\ (w[e^]ld), n. [OE. welde; akin to Scot. wald, Prov.
     G. waude, G. wau, Dan. & Sw. vau, D. wouw.]
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     1. (Bot.) An herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette,
        growing in Europe, and to some extent in America; dyer's
        broom; dyer's rocket; dyer's weed; wild woad. It is used
        by dyers to give a yellow color. [Written also woald,
        wold, and would.]
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     2. Coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.
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  Woad \Woad\, n. [OE. wod, AS. w[=a]d; akin to D. weede, G. waid,
     OHG. weit, Dan. vaid, veid, Sw. veide, L. vitrum.] [Written
     also wad, and wade.]
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     1. (Bot.) An herbaceous cruciferous plant (Isatis  tinctoria
        ) of the family Cruciferae (syn.
        Brassicaceae). It was formerly cultivated for the blue
        coloring matter derived from its leaves. See isatin.
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     2. A blue dyestuff, or coloring matter, consisting of the
        powdered and fermented leaves of the Isatis tinctoria.
        It is now superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with
        indigo as a ferment in dyeing.
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              Their bodies . . . painted with woad in sundry
              figures.                              --Milton.
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     Wild woad (Bot.), the weld (Reseda luteola). See Weld.
        
  
     Woad mill, a mill grinding and preparing woad.
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  Broom \Broom\ (br[=oo]m), n. [OE. brom, brome, AS. br[=o]m; akin
     to LG. bram, D. brem, OHG. br[=a]mo broom, thorn?bush, G.
     brombeere blackberry. Cf. Bramble, n.]
     1. (Bot.) A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to
        sweep with when bound together; esp., the Cytisus  scoparius
         of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with
        long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves,
        and large yellow flowers.
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              No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom.
                                                    --Wordsworth.
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     2. An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of
        the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or
        attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because
        originally made of the twigs of the broom.
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     Butcher's broom, a plant (Ruscus aculeatus) of the Smilax
        family, used by butchers for brooms to sweep their blocks;
        -- called also knee holly. See Cladophyll.
  
     Dyer's broom, a species of mignonette (Reseda luteola),
        used for dyeing yellow; dyer's weed; dyer's rocket.
  
     Spanish broom. See under Spanish.
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reseda luteola - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Reseda luteola
      n 1: European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye;
           naturalized in North America [syn: dyer's rocket, dyer's mignonette
           , weld, Reseda luteola]