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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 767 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WOAD , a herbaceous plant, known botanically as Isatis tinctoria (natural See also:

order See also:Cruciferae), which occurs sporadically in See also:England in See also:fields, on See also:banks and See also:chalk-pits. The erect branched See also:stem, I to 3 ft. in height, bears sessile leaves and terminal clusters of small yellow See also:flowers; the See also:brown pendulous pods are i in. See also:long. The See also:ancient Britons stained themselves with this plant. It is still cultivated in See also:Lincolnshire.

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