Greenweed (Noun)
Meaning
Small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Greenweed was a common sight along the roadside, its yellow flowers brightening up the ditches.
- The farmer cursed the greenweed that sprouted up through his carefully tended crops.
- As a child, she used to pick bunches of greenweed on her way home from school and bring them to her mother, who would use the flowers to make a natural dye.
- The gardener intentionally planted greenweed in the borders, its delicate yellow blooms providing a charming foil to the bold perennials.
- The textile artist experimented with using greenweed to dye her wool, resulting in a soft, luminous yellow hue.