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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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)

 Lu·te·o·lin n.  Chem. A yellow dyestuff obtained from the foliage of the dyer's broom (Reseda luteola).
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Weld n.
 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)

 Woad n.  [Written also wad, and wade.]
 1. Bot. An herbaceous cruciferous plant (Isatis tinctoria) of the family Cruciferae (syn. Brassicaceae). It was formerly cultivated for the blue coloring matter derived from its leaves.  See isatin.
 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 It is now superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with indigo as a ferment in dyeing.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)

 Broom 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made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom.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.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

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