Definitions
any of several herbs of the genus Isatis
Word origin
From Middle English wode, from Old English wād (“woad”), from Proto-West Germanic *waiʀd, from Proto-Germanic *waizdaz (“woad”), from Proto-Indo-European *woydʰ-. Cognate with Old Frisian wēd (“woad”), Dutch wede (“woad”), German Waid (“woad”), and with French guède, Italian guado (“woad”) (both borrowed from Frankish). See also weed.
Used in a sentence
“Woad is one of those plants which yield the deep blue colouring matter so greatly valued in the arts — Indigo.”
“Woad was then placed on the regular shopping list of alternative crops.”
“The cultivation of woad had taken hold in southern England during the early 1580s, but this dispute provides the earliest evidence of its cultivation in the fields around Tewkesbury.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Blue-dye herb”4 letters
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