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woad

woad \'wo-d\ n [ME wod, fr. OE wa-d; akin to OHG weit woad, L vitrumX woad, 
   glass : a European herb (Isatis tinctoria) of the mustard family formerly  
   grown for the blue dyestuff yielded by its leaves; also : this dyestuff