woad

English Thesaurus

1. any of several herbs of the genus Isatis (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	herb, herbaceous plant,
definition	:	a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	dyer's woad, isatis tinctoria,
definition	:	European biennial formerly grown for the blue coloring matter yielded by its leaves (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus isatis, isatis,
definition	:	Old World genus of annual to perennial herbs: woad (noun.plant)

2. a blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	dye, dyestuff,
definition	:	a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair (noun.substance)