dyer's rocket
noun
1.
weld
2
.
Origin
1860-65;
cultivated for a yellow dye
British Dictionary definitions for
dyer's rocket
dyer's rocket
noun
1.
a Eurasian resedaceous plant,
Reseda luteola,
with a spike of yellowish-green flowers and long narrow leaves: formerly cultivated as the source of a yellow dye, used with woad to make Lincoln green
Also called
weld