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DYER'S ROCKET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dyer's rocket mean?
• DYER'S ROCKET (noun)
The noun DYER'S ROCKET has 1 sense:
1. European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America
Familiarity information: DYER'S ROCKET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
dyer's mignonette; dyer's rocket; Reseda luteola; weld
Hypernyms ("dyer's rocket" is a kind of...):
reseda (any plant of the genus Reseda)
Holonyms ("dyer's rocket" is a member of...):
genus Reseda (Old World genus of herbs having racemose flowers: mignonette; dyer's rocket)
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