ˈwu̇ˌdwaksən noun
also woodwax ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷
( plural woodwaxens also woodwaxes )
Etymology: Middle English wodewexen, alteration of Old English wuduweaxe, from wudu wood + -weaxe (probably from weaxan to grow) — more at wood , wax
: a yellow-flowered Eurasian shrub ( Genista tinctoria ) common as a weed in England, adventive in No. America, and sometimes cultivated for ornament — called also dyer's broom, dyeweed, greenweed, greenwood, whin, woadwaxen