WELD, WOLD
\wˈɛld], \wˈɛld], \w_ˈɛ_l_d]\
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A plant native to Great Britain and several European countries, used by dyers to give a yellow color, and sometimes called DYERSWEED. It is much cultivated in Kent for the London dyers. It is the Reseda Luteola of botanists, being a member of the same genus as mignonette. Sometimes also called WILD WOAD.
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