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
spot-weld
- Specialized
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6.6
A small metal join made by heating and pressing two pieces together at one point
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.