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DYER'S WOAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dyer's woad mean?
• 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.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European biennial formerly grown for the blue coloring matter yielded by its leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
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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