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ISATIS TINCTORIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Isatis tinctoria mean?
• ISATIS TINCTORIA (noun)
The noun ISATIS TINCTORIA has 1 sense:
1. European biennial formerly grown for the blue coloring matter yielded by its leaves
Familiarity information: ISATIS TINCTORIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European biennial formerly grown for the blue coloring matter yielded by its leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
dyer's woad; Isatis tinctoria
Hypernyms ("Isatis tinctoria" is a kind of...):
woad (any of several herbs of the genus Isatis)
Holonyms ("Isatis tinctoria" is a member of...):
genus Isatis; Isatis (Old World genus of annual to perennial herbs: woad)
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