dyer's woad

noun

A plant of species Isatis tinctoria, which is the source of the blue dye woad used in the Middle Ages, before being replaced as source by Indigofera tinctoria.

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woadglastrumasp of JerusalemIsatis tinctoria
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Meanings

noundyer's woad (countable and uncountable, plural dyer's woads)

plural dyer's woads

  1. countableuncountableA plant of species Isatis tinctoria, which is the source of the blue dye woad used in the Middle Ages, before being replaced as source by Indigofera tinctoria.

    Synonyms: woad, glastrum, asp of Jerusalem

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA plant of species Isatis tinctoria, which is the source of the blue dye woad used in the Middle Ages, before being replaced as source by Indigofera tinctoria.

Similar
woadglastrumasp of Jerusalem

More synonyms by meaning

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

Similar
Isatis tinctoria
Broader
woad

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic سُدُوس
  • سُدُوس (sudūs)plant
Hebrew אִיסָטִיס, אִסָּטִיס
  • אִיסָטִיסplant
  • אִסָּטִיסplant
Latin īsatis
  • īsatisplant
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APA

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MLA

“dyer's woad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dyer's%20woad. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dyer's woad,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dyer's%20woad.

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