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woad-waxennounThe leguminous plant Genista tinctoria, native to Europe.
woadwaxnounAlternative form of woad-waxen. [The leguminous plant Genista tinctoria, native to Europe.]
woadwaxennounAlternative form of woad-waxen. [The leguminous plant Genista tinctoria, native to Europe.]
whinnounGorse; furze (Ulex spp.).
dyer's woadnounA plant of species Isatis tinctoria, which is the source of the blue dye woad used in the Middle Ages, before being replaced as source by Indigofera tinctoria.
woodwaxennounAlternative form of woad-waxen. [The leguminous plant Genista tinctoria, native to Europe.]
woodwaxnounA waxy cap mushroom.
isodonnounAny flowering plant of the genus Isodon.
woundwortnounAny of several plants formerly used in poultices for wounds.
wortnoun(brewing, distilling) Also worts: a liquid extracted from mash (ground malt or some other grain soaked in hot water), which is then fermented to make beer, or fermented and distilled to make a malt liquor such as whisky.
dyer's greenweednounwoad-waxen, Genista tinctoria
old womannoun(literally) An elderly woman.
mingwortnoun(obsolete, regional) Synonym of wormwood (“Artemisia species”).
woaldnounObsolete spelling of weld (“the herb”). [A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye.]
chinese indigonounDyer's woad (Isatis tinctoria, syn. Isatis indigotica).
iberisnoun(botany) Any plant of the genus Iberis; a candytuft.
killwortnounThe plant Chelidonium majus.
ajwainnounIts seed-like fruit, used (especially in South Asian cooking) for its thyme-like flavor.
sweetwortnounA sugar-rich liquid, as that used in fermentation.
wartweednounwartwort

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