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dyer's woad

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables
dy-er's -woad
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plant of species Isatis tinctoria, which is the source of the blue dye woad used in the Middle Ages, before being replaced as source by Indigofera tinctoria.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

dyer's woads (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

indigo

Synonyms

woad glastrum asp of Jerusalem isatis tinctoria

Questions

What does dyer's woad mean?
A plant of species Isatis tinctoria, which is the source of the blue dye woad used in the Middle Ages, before being replaced as source by Indigofera tinctoria.

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