Isatis

noun

Isa·​tis

ˈīsətə̇s

: a large genus of herbs (family Cruciferae) having entire leaves, small yellow flowers, and compressed oblong or orbicular pods see woad

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, woad, from Greek

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