| 单词 | woad plant |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswoad plant woad plant n. ΚΠ 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. v. 88/2 G a Woad Plant O born by Woader. 1726 R. Bradley Country Gentleman & Farmer's Monthly Director 36 Take care that the Woad Plants stand single; for if they grow close together, they spoil one another. 1896 Mid-Surry Times 28 Nov. The leaves of the woad plant (Isatis tinctoria) are crushed to a pulp in a mill, and the pulp made into balls. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1447 This is the woad plant, and is presumably that used by our forefathers in ancient Britain for staining their bodies blue. 2004 K. N. Sanecki Discovering Herbs (ed. 7) 116 The blue dye obtained from the woad plant seems surprisingly inappropriate, for the plant has profuse bright yellow flowers. < as lemmas |
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