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woad

noun
\ˈwōd \

Definition of woad 

: a European herb (Isatis tinctoria) of the mustard family formerly grown for the blue dyestuff yielded by its leaves also : this dyestuff

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 The family imported herring and woad in large enough quantities to buy an existing estate and win a kind of ersatz ennoblement. — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, "Montaigne on Trial," 16 Jan. 2017

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First Known Use of woad

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for woad

Middle English wod, from Old English wād; akin to Old High German weit woad, Latin vitrum

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