woad

noun

\ˈwōd

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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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