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dyer's woad

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.

Noun

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

  1. 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.
    Synonyms:
    woad, glastrum, asp of Jerusalem

dyer's woad meaning in Arabic

dyer's woad in Arabic

plant
سُدُوس sudūs

Synonyms of dyer's woad

  • woad
  • glastrum
  • asp of Jerusalem

Forms of dyer's woad

pluraldyer's woads

Questions about dyer's woad

What does dyer's woad mean?
Dyer's woad means 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.
What is dyer's woad in Arabic?
Dyer's woad in Arabic is سُدُوس (sudūs). See Dyer's woad meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is dyer's woad?
Dyer's woad is a noun.
What is the plural of dyer's woad?
The plural of dyer's woad is dyer's woads.

Words near dyer's woad in the dictionary

  1. dyer's madder
  2. dyer's madders
  3. dyer's oak
  4. dyer's rocket
  5. dyer's weed
  6. dyer's woad
  7. dyer's woads
  8. Dyeran
  9. Dyerian
  10. dyeries
  11. Dyerite

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