dyer's woad

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dyer's woad

noun dyer's woads

  1. countable, uncountable A plant of species Isatis tinctoria, which is the source of the blue dye woad used in the Middle Ages, before being replaced as source by Indigofera tinctoria.

    Similar: woad, glastrum, asp of Jerusalem

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noun plant

العربيةسُدُوس sudūs
עבריתאִיסָטִיס, אִסָּטִיס

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@misc{dyer_s_woad_2026,
  title = {dyer's woad},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dyer's%20woad},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}