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woad

 (wōd)
n.
1. An annual Eurasian plant (Isatis tinctoria) in the mustard family, formerly cultivated for its leaves that yield a blue dye.
2. The dye obtained from this plant.

[Middle English wode, from Old English wād.]
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woad

(wəʊd)
n
1. (Plants) a European plant, Isatis tinctoria, formerly cultivated for its leaves, which yield a blue dye: family Brassicaceae (crucifers). See also dyer's-weed, dyer's rocket
2. (Dyeing) the dye obtained from this plant, used esp by the ancient Britons, as a body dye
[Old English wād; related to Old High German weit; Middle Dutch wēd, Latin vitrum]
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woad

(woʊd)

n.
1. any Old World plant of the genus Isatis, of the mustard family, esp. I. tinctoria, formerly cultivated for a blue dye extracted from its leaves.
2. this dye.
[before 1000; Middle English wode, Old English wād, c. Old High German weit; akin to French guède, Medieval Latin waizda < Germanic]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.woad - a blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant
dye, dyestuff - a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
2.woad - any of several herbs of the genus Isatis
genus Isatis, Isatis - Old World genus of annual to perennial herbs: woad
dyer's woad, Isatis tinctoria - European biennial formerly grown for the blue coloring matter yielded by its leaves
herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
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Translations
vaid

woad

[wəʊd] Nhierba f pastel, glasto m
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woad

n (= dye)Waid m; (= plant)(Färber)waid m
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For the few miles of country road that I persuaded our people to make, another would succeed in constructing a canal or a highway; and for my encouragement of the peasants' trade in hats, a minister would emancipate France from the industrial yoke of the foreigner by encouraging the manufacture of clocks in different places, by helping to bring to perfection our iron and steel, our tools and appliances, or by bringing silk or dyer's woad into cultivation.
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