GENUS ISATIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Isatis mean? 

• GENUS ISATIS (noun)
  The noun GENUS ISATIS has 1 sense:

1. Old World genus of annual to perennial herbs: woad

  Familiarity information: GENUS ISATIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ISATIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World genus of annual to perennial herbs: woad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Isatis; Isatis

Hypernyms ("genus Isatis" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Isatis"):

woad (any of several herbs of the genus Isatis)

dyer's woad; Isatis tinctoria (European biennial formerly grown for the blue coloring matter yielded by its leaves)

Holonyms ("genus Isatis" is a member of...):

Brassicaceae; Cruciferae; family Brassicaceae; family Cruciferae; mustard family (a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives)