woad

woad is a 4-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An herbaceous cruciferous plant (Isatis tinctoria). It was formerly cultivated for the blue coloring matter derived from its leaves. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An herbaceous cruciferous plant (Isatis tinctoria). It was formerly cultivated for the blue coloring matter derived from its leaves.
2. noun. A blue dyestuff, or coloring matter, consisting of the powdered and fermented leaves of the Isatis tinctoria. It is now superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with indigo as a ferment in dyeing.
3. noun. any of several herbs of the genus Isatis
4. noun. a blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant

Common word forms

woads, woaded, woader

Words from these letters

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