woad

1. n. An herbaceous cruciferous plant (Isatis tinctoria). It was formerly cultivated for the blue coloring matter derived from its leaves. Source: opted

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 It is now superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with indigo as a ferment in dyeing. Source: opted

3. n. a blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant Source: wordnet

4. n. any of several herbs of the genus Isatis Source: wordnet

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 It is now superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with indigo as a ferment in dyeing.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. Source: webster

6. An herbaceous cruciferous plant (Isatis tinctoria). It wasformerly cultivated for the blue coloring matter derived from itsleaves. Source: adambom

7. n. a blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant n. any of several herbs of the genus Isatis Source: ecdict

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