dyer's weed

1. 1.

   eastern North American herb whose yellow flowers are (or were) used in dyeing

   SynonymsSolidago rugosa

   Broadergoldenrod

Questions about dyer's weed

What does dyer's weed mean?

dyer's weed means "eastern North American herb whose yellow flowers are (or were) used in dyeing".

What is another word for dyer's weed?

Close synonyms include Solidago rugosa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dyer's weed a common word?

dyer's weed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.