Thesaurus: woad

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1. n. An herbaceous cruciferous plant (Isatis tinctoria). It was formerly cultivated for the blue coloring matter derived from its leaves.
2. n. 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 It is now superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with indigo as a ferment in dyeing.
3. n. a blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant
4. n. any of several herbs of the genus Isatis
5. 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 It is now superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with indigo as a ferment in dyeing.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.
6. An herbaceous cruciferous plant (Isatis tinctoria). It wasformerly cultivated for the blue coloring matter derived from itsleaves.
7. n. a blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant n. any of several herbs of the genus Isatis