Reseda luteola : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Reseda luteola	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for Reseda luteola
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Reseda luteola n European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America Synonym(s): dyer's rocket, dyer's mignonette, weld, Reseda luteola
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Luteolin \Lu"teolin\, n. [From NL. Reseda luteola, fr. L. luteolus yellowish, fr. luteus: cf. F. lut[82]oline. See {Luteous}.] (Chem.) A yellow dyestuff obtained from the foliage of the dyer's broom ({Reseda luteola}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Luteic \Lu*te"ic\, a. (Chem.) (a) Pertaining to, or derived from, weld ({Reseda luteola}). (b) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid resembling luteolin, but obtained from the flowers of {Euphorbia cyparissias}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weld \Weld\, n. [OE. welde; akin to Scot. wald, Prov. G. waude, G. wau, Dan. & Sw. vau, D. wouw.] 1. (Bot.) An herb ({Reseda luteola}) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America; dyer's broom; dyer's rocket; dyer's weed; wild woad. It is used by dyers to give a yellow color. [Written also {woald}, {wold}, and {would}.] 2. Coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woad \Woad\, n. [OE. wod, AS. w[be]d; akin to D. weede, G. waid, OHG. weit, Dan. vaid, veid, Sw. veide, L. vitrum.] [Written also {wad}, and {wade}.] 1. (Bot.) An herbaceous cruciferous plant ({Isatis tinctoria}). It was formerly cultivated for the blue coloring matter derived from its leaves. 2. A blue dyestuff, or coloring matter, consisting of the powdered and fermented leaves of the Isatis tinctoria. It is now superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with indigo as a ferment in dyeing. Their bodies . . . painted with woad in sundry figures. --Milton. {Wild woad} (Bot.), the weld ({Reseda luteola}). See {Weld}. {Woad mill}, a mill grinding and preparing woad.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Broom \Broom\, n. [OE. brom, brome, AS. br[d3]m; akin to LG. bram, D. brem, OHG. br[be]mo broom, thorn[?]bush, G. brombeere blackberry. Cf. {Bramble}, n.] 1. (Bot.) A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the {Cytisus scoparius} of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves, and large yellow flowers. No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom. --Wordsworth. 2. An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom. {Butcher's broom}, a plant ({Ruscus aculeatus}) of the Smilax family, used by butchers for brooms to sweep their blocks; -- called also {knee holly}. See {Cladophyll}. {Dyer's broom}, a species of mignonette ({Reseda luteola}), used for dyeing yellow; dyer's weed; dyer's rocket. {Spanish broom}. See under {Spanish}.