Wondrous Words

Bermudaonion

a European plant, Isatis tinctoria,  of the mustard family, formerly cultivated for a blue dye extracted from its leaves.

2.

the dye extracted from this plant.

"It is possible to make many shades of green by mixing the blue of woad, and the yellow of weld."

Sentence taken from A Trail of Ink by Mel Starr.

–noun

1.

a mignonette, Reseda luteola,  of southern europe, yielding a yellow dye.

2.

the dye.