dyer's woad

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• dyer's woad — dažinė mėlžolė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bastutinių šeimos dažinis, rauginis, vaistinis augalas (Isatis tinctoria), paplitęs Europoje, Azijoje ir Afrikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Isatis tinctoria angl. dyer s woad; woad vok. Färberwaid… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

• dyer's woad — noun European biennial formerly grown for the blue coloring matter yielded by its leaves • Syn: ↑Isatis tinctoria • Hypernyms: ↑woad • Member Holonyms: ↑Isatis, ↑genus Isatis * * * noun : a w …   Useful english dictionary

• woad — [wōd] n. [ME wod < OE wad < Gmc * waizda (> Ger waid), akin to L vitrum, woad] 1. any of a genus (Isatis) of plants of the crucifer family; esp., dyer s woad 2. the blue dye obtained from the dried, fermented leaves of such plants …   English World dictionary

• dyer's-weed — [dī′ərzwēd΄] n. any of a number of plants that yield a dyestuff, as woadwaxen or dyer s woad …   English World dictionary

• dyer's-weed — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun (plural dyer s weeds) 1. : any of several dye yielding plants (as the dyer s rocket, the woodwaxen, the dyer s woad) 2. : any of certain plants of the genus Solidago ( …   Useful english dictionary

• woad — dažinė mėlžolė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bastutinių šeimos dažinis, rauginis, vaistinis augalas (Isatis tinctoria), paplitęs Europoje, Azijoje ir Afrikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Isatis tinctoria angl. dyer s woad; woad vok. Färberwaid… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

• dyer's greenweed — Woad waxen Woad wax en, n. [Cf. {Wood wax}.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant ({Genista tinctoria}) of Europe and Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; called also {greenwood}, {greenweed}, {dyer s greenweed}, and {whin}, {wood wash}, {wood wax},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Woad-waxen — Woad wax en, n. [Cf. {Wood wax}.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant ({Genista tinctoria}) of Europe and Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; called also {greenwood}, {greenweed}, {dyer s greenweed}, and {whin}, {wood wash}, {wood wax}, and {wood… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• woad|wax|en — «WOHD WAK suhn», noun. an Old World yellow flowered shrub of the pea family; dye weed; dyer s broom. Its flowers were formerly used as the source of a yellow dye. Also, woodwaxen. ╂[alteration (influenced by woad) of woodwaxen < Old English… …   Useful english dictionary

• woad — n. Weld, dyer s weed, woad waxen, wood waxen, wood wax, dyer s broom (Genista tinctoria) …   New dictionary of synonyms

• dyer's-weed — /duy euhrz weed /, n. any of various plants yielding dyes, as the weld, Reseda luteola, the dyeweed, Genista tinctoria, or the woad, Isatis tinctoria. [1570 80] * * * …   Universalium