资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.

Luteolin \Lu"te*o*lin\, n. [From NL. Reseda luteola, fr. L.
   luteolus yellowish, fr. luteus: cf. F. lut['e]oline. See
   {Luteous}.] (Chem.)
   A yellow dyestuff obtained from the foliage of the dyer's
   broom ({Reseda luteola}).

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.

Woad \Woad\, n. [OE. wod, AS. w[=a]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      is now superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with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.

Broom \Broom\, n. [OE. brom, brome, AS. br[=o]m; akin to LG.
   bram, D. brem, OHG. br[=a]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      originally made of the twigs of the broom.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}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

Reseda luteola
     n : European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye;
         naturalized in North America [syn: {dyer's rocket}, {dyer's
         mignonette}, {weld}]