DYER'S WOODRUFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dyer's woodruff mean? 

• DYER'S WOODRUFF (noun)
  The noun DYER'S WOODRUFF has 1 sense:

1. creeping European perennial having red or pinkish-white flowers and red roots sometimes used as a substitute for madder in dyeing

  Familiarity information: DYER'S WOODRUFF used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DYER'S WOODRUFF (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Creeping European perennial having red or pinkish-white flowers and red roots sometimes used as a substitute for madder in dyeing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Asperula tinctoria; dyer's woodruff

Hypernyms ("dyer's woodruff" is a kind of...):

woodruff (any plant of the genus Asperula)