ISATIS TINCTORIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

dyer's woad; Isatis tinctoria

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Isatis tinctoria" is a kind of...):

woad (any of several herbs of the genus Isatis)

Holonyms ("Isatis tinctoria" is a member of...):

genus Isatis; Isatis (Old World genus of annual to perennial herbs: woad)

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