(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:33:25

I"sa*tis [L., a kind of plant, Gr. woad.] Bot.

A genus of herbs, some species of which, especially the Isatis tinctoria, yield a blue dye similar to indigo; woad.

 

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