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The following 16 entries include the term (dyer/'s).
dyer's alkanet
noundyer's barberry
noun: an Indian barberry (Berberis aristata) yielding a yellow dye
dyer's-broom
noundyer's broom
noun: a light to moderate greenish yellow that is less strong than acacia and redder and less strong than liqueur green
dyer's buckthorn
noun: any of several shrubs of the genus Rhamnus (especially R. infectoria) yielding a yellow dye
dyer's cleavers
noundyer's furze
noundyer's grape
noundyer's mulberry
noundyer's oak
noun: an Asiatic tree (Quercus infectoria) the galls of which yield a dye
dyer's rocket
noun: a European mignonette (Reseda luteola) cultivated for its yellow dye and naturalized in North America
dyer's saffron
noundyer's-weed
noun: any of several dye-yielding plants (as the dyer's rocket, the woodwaxen, the dyer's woad)
dyer's whin
noundyer's woad
noun: a woad (Isatis tinctoria) that yields an indigo
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