woad
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -əʊd
Noun[edit]
woad (plural woads)
- The plant Isatis tinctoria.
- The blue dye made from the leaves of the plant.
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Translations[edit]
Isatis tinctoria
blue dye made from the plant
Verb[edit]
woad (third-person singular simple present woads, present participle woading, simple past and past participle woaded)
