ALL meanings of woad
woad
W w - noun woad a European plant, Isatis tinctoria, of the mustard family, formerly cultivated for a blue dye extracted from its leaves. 1
- noun woad the dye extracted from this plant. 1
- noun woad blue dye 1
- noun woad plant yielding blue dye 1
- noun woad A yellow-flowered European plant of the cabbage family. It was formerly grown as a source of blue dye, which was extracted from the leaves after they had been dried, powdered, and fermented. 1
- noun woad The plant Isatis tinctoria. 0
- noun woad The blue dye made from the leaves of the plant. 0
- verb woad To plant or cultivate woad. 0
- verb woad To dye with woad. 0
- noun woad a European plant, Isatis tinctoria, formerly cultivated for its leaves, which yield a blue dye: family Brassicaceae (crucifers) 0
- noun woad the dye obtained from this plant, used esp by the ancient Britons, as a body dye 0
- noun woad any of a genus (Isatis) of plants of the crucifer family; esp., dyer's woad 0
- noun woad the blue dye obtained from the dried, fermented leaves of such plants 0