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DYER'S WOAD

• DYER'S WOAD (noun)
The noun DYER'S WOAD has 1 sense:

1. European biennial formerly grown for the blue coloring matter yielded by its leaves

Familiarity information: DYER'S WOAD used as a noun is very rare.

• DYER'S WOAD (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

European biennial formerly grown for the blue coloring matter yielded by its leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

dyer's woad; Isatis tinctoria

Hypernyms ("dyer's woad" is a kind of...):

woad (any of several herbs of the genus Isatis)

Holonyms ("dyer's woad" is a member of...):

genus Isatis; Isatis (Old World genus of annual to perennial herbs: woad)

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