Dyers' Green Weed
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A short encyclopedia entry on dyers' greenweed (Genista tinctoria), also called woodwaxen or dyer's broom. It describes the plant's habitat and flowering season and its use as a yellow dye, preferred for dyeing wood green. It also mentions the yellow lake pigment made for painters and the plant's medicinal uses as a purgative and diuretic.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1821
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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