English > genus Isatis: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | (Old World genus of annual to perennial herbs) woad. |
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| Synonym | Isatis |
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| Member of | Cruciferae, family Cruciferae, Brassicaceae, family Brassicaceae, mustard family | A large family of plants with four-petaled flowers |
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| Members | dyer's woad, Isatis tinctoria | European biennial formerly grown for the blue coloring matter yielded by its leaves |
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| woad | Any of several herbs of the genus Isatis |
| Broader | dilleniid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
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| Spanish | género isatis, genus isatis, isatis |
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| Catalan | genus isatis, isatis, Isatis |
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