weld
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9.9
A small European plant used to make yellow dye
- noun
- /wɛld/
- Archaic
:
reseda
- The yellow dye from the weld plant is used to color fabrics.
Examples
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In the garden, the weld grows alongside other dye-producing plants.
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The bright flowers of the weld attract many bees during the summer.
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Jean-Michel, your oldest son, examines the cage for broken welds.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
9.9
A European plant used to make yellow dye, also called weld
is the familiar common name used in ordinary speech
9.9
A plant people grow to dye cloth yellow
is the familiar common name used in ordinary speech
9.9
A plant with yellow flowers people use to make yellow dye
is the familiar common name used in ordinary speech
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Weld (the plant) gets its name from an old English word for a plant used to make a 'dye', so weld came to mean the plant that gives a bright 'yellow' colour.