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Woad


Title Woad
Origtitle Woad-Waxen
Caption branch from the base, not thorny
Source Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States. Canada Vol II Portulacaceae to Menyanthaceae page 271
Type drawing
Origin book
Occurrences

Woad

Additional Notes

Either the plant Isatis tinctoria or the blue dye made using its leaves; less likely, wild woad (Reseda Lutcola). Very important for the 16th-century English economy, based on cloth-making.