dyer's weed
- noun
- Specialized
:
hierba de los tintoreros
- The flowers of dyer's weed were prized for their vivid yellow dye.
Examples
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Some natural dye enthusiasts still cultivate dyer's weed for its traditional coloring properties.
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Many artists use dyer's weeds to create natural dyes.
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Historically, textile artisans would gather dyer's weed during the blooming season.
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The dyer's weed blooms in early spring.
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Historically, textile artisans would gather dyer's weed during the blooming season.
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Some natural dye enthusiasts still cultivate dyer's weed for its traditional coloring properties.
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The flowers of dyer's weed were prized for their vivid yellow dye.
Synonyms
A wild plant with small yellow flowers sometimes used to make dye
A North American plant with small yellow flowers used to make yellow dye
A plant people grow to dye cloth yellow
A plant with yellow flowers people use to make yellow dye
Surface Forms
Morphology
dyer's + weed
The compound is compositional: 'dyer's' (a person or thing used for dyeing) + 'weed' (a plant) yields 'a plant associated with dyeing' or 'a plant used to make dyes.' A B1 learner who knows the words 'dyer'/'dyer's' and 'weed' can therefore infer that this is a plant used for producing dyes, so the meaning is directly derivable from its constituents.
Etymology
Dyer's weed is a plant whose bright yellow flowers were boiled by cloth makers to make dye. That's why the name means a dyer's weed — a plant used 'for dyeing'.
