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dyer's woads

dyer's woads is the plural of dyer's woad.

Meaning of dyer's woad

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

Questions about dyer's woads

What is dyer's woads the plural of?
Dyer's woads is the plural of dyer's woad.

Words near dyer's woads in the dictionary

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

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