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Webster 1913 Edition


Isatis

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I′sa-tis

(?; 277)
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Noun.
[L., a kind of plant, Gr. [GREEK] woad.]
(Bot.)
A genus of herbs, some species of which, especially the
Isatis tinctoria
, yield a blue dye similar to indigo; woad.

Webster 1828 Edition


Isatis

IS'ATIS

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Noun.
In zoology, the arctic fox or Canis lagopus.