woad

Definitions


[wəʊd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a yellow-flowered European plant of the cabbage family. It was formerly widely grown in Britain as a source of blue dye, which was extracted from the leaves after they had been dried, powdered, and fermented


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Origin:
Old English wād, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wede and German Waid




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