ISATIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Isatis mean? 

• ISATIS (noun)
  The noun ISATIS has 1 sense:

1. Old World genus of annual to perennial herbs: woad

  Familiarity information: ISATIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISATIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World genus of annual to perennial herbs: woad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Isatis; Isatis

Hypernyms ("Isatis" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Isatis"):

woad (any of several herbs of the genus Isatis)

dyer's woad; Isatis tinctoria (European biennial formerly grown for the blue coloring matter yielded by its leaves)

Holonyms ("Isatis" is a member of...):

Brassicaceae; Cruciferae; family Brassicaceae; family Cruciferae; mustard family (a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives)

 Context examples 

PC-SPES, an herbal supplement containing extracts from 8 herbs including Chrysanthemum morifolium, Ganoderma lucidum (a root fungus), Glycyrrhiza glabra (Spanish liquorice), Isatis indigotica, Panax pseudoginseng, Rabdosia rubescens, Scutellaria baicalensis, and Serona repens (saw palmetto), with potential antineoplastic and antiproliferative effects, specifically in prostate cancer cells.

(PC-SPES, NCI Thesaurus)