woad

English - Turkish

Definition of woad in English Turkish dictionary

çivitotundan elde edilen mavi boya

çivitotu

çivitot

çivit otu

woadedmavi boyalı

çivit otundan elde edilen mavi boya

Isatis tinctoria

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woad-waxed

woad-mumlu

English - English

Definition of woad in English English dictionary

The dye made from the plant Isatis tinctoria

to plant or cultivate woad

to dye with woad

Common name of the plant Isatis tinctoria whose leaves are used to make a blue dye

{n} a plant used in dying a blue color

a blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant

{i} old world plant of the mustard family that was formerly cultivated for the blue dye derived from its leaves; blue dye derived from the woad plant

It is now superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with indigo as a ferment in dyeing

An herbaceous cruciferous plant (Isatis tinctoria)

any of several herbs of the genus Isatis a blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant

any of several herbs of the genus Isatis

A blue dyestuff, or coloring matter, consisting of the powdered and fermented leaves of the Isatis tinctoria

It was formerly cultivated for the blue coloring matter derived from its leaves

wad

wade

goud

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dyer's woad

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

Etymology

[ 'wOd ] (noun.) before 12th century. From Middle English wode, from Old English wād (“woad”), from Proto-Germanic *waidan, *waidaz (“woad”), from Proto-Indo-European *wAit- (“woad”). Cognate with Old Frisian wēd (“woad”), Dutch weed (“woad”), German Waid (“woad”).