A flowering plant, Isatis tinctoria (family Brassicaceae), having multiple erect stems, arising from a basal rosette of leaves, and clusters of…
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > [noun] > woad (7) woadeOE A flowering plant, Isatis tinctoria (family Brassicaceae), having multiple erect stems, arising from a basal rosette of leaves, and clusters of… ash of Jerusalem1548 = ache, n.2, as in sweet ash: hare's parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris); and ash of Jerusalem: probably dyer's woad (Isatis tinctoria). glastum?c1550 The plant woad (Isatis). pastel1578 Blue dye obtained from the plant woad, Isatis tinctoria. Also: the plant itself. straw woad1612 some variety of woad. dyer's woad1860 Isatis tinctoria (see woad, n.1). dyer's weed1866 A name given to plants that yield a dye: esp. Yellow-weed or Weld, Reseda Luteola; also Dyer's greenweed or Woadwaxen, Genista tinctoria, and Dyer's… |
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