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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | herb, herbaceous plant |
| Has types | dyer's woad, isatis tinctoria |
Examples of woad
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In Viking age levels of York, remains of both woad and madder have been excavated.
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The dyes were derived from madder, indigo, woad, saffron, the murex shell, and the kermes insect.
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He explored the biotechnology process behind woad fermentation.
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If all is Gore-Tex, it's hard to get in touch with woad.
From the guardian.co.uk
And for woad farmers it means another potential market.
From the newscientist.com
The Cuban artist Ana Mendieta's use of red paint as a kind of atavistic woad is also properly disturbing.
From the guardian.co.uk
Woad was replaced by true indigo as trade routes opened up, and both are now largely replaced by synthetic dyes.
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Although woad is a Brassicaceae member and was known to contain GBS, it was not an obvious source of the chemical.
From the newscientist.com
Both woad and indigo have been used since ancient times in combination with yellow dyes to produce shades of green.
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- A blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant
- Any of several herbs of the genus Isatis
- Woad (or glastum) is the common name of the flowering plant Isatis tinctoria in the family Brassicaceae. It is commonly called dyer's woad, and sometimes incorrectly listed as Isatis indigotica (a newer and invalid name for the same plant). It is occasionally known as Asp of Jerusalem. ...
- WOAD (1300 AM) is a radio station licensed to Jackson with an urban gospel format and is owned by Inner City Broadcasting Corporation.
- (Woads) King Arthur is a 2004 film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by David Franzoni. It stars Clive Owen as the title character, Ioan Gruffudd as Lancelot, and Keira Knightley as Guinevere.
- Common name of the plant Isatis tinctoria whose leaves are used to make a blue dye; The dye made from the plant Isatis tinctoria; to plant or cultivate woad; to dye with woad
- Natural dye extracted from plants - yields indigo, the same dye as used to dye denim.
- Woad (isatis tinctoria) is an indigo dye-bearing indigenous plan of Assyria and the Levant which has been grown in Northern Europe over 2,000 years as a source of blue dye. ...
- Welsh Office Agriculture Department.
