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Definition of Isatis tinctoria
1. Noun. European biennial formerly grown for the blue coloring matter yielded by its leaves.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Isatis Tinctoria
Literary usage of Isatis tinctoria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wild flowers worth notice by Phebe Lankester (1879)
"'—Examiner. London: HARDWICKE & BOGUE, 192, Piccadilly, WJ OGDEN AND CO., PRINTERS,
172, ST. JOHN STREET, BC Isatis tinctoria ..."
2. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1859)
"(Roxburgh, Transact, of the Society of Arts, vol. 28.) Isatis tinctoria and
indigofera anil contain a hydrogen-compound of indigo-blue, namely, white indigo ..."
3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"Plants of other families produce indigo, as Isatis tinctoria, a cruciferous plant
... Neither the indigo plant nor Isatis tinctoria contains the dyestuff ..."
4. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Most Recent Discoveries and by Robert Kane, John William Draper (1842)
"Of these the great majority are natives of the tropics; but a few, as the isatis
tinctoria, and the polygonum tinctorium, belong to temperate regions, ..."
5. On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish by Eugene O'Curry (1873)
"The Isatis tinctoria yields true indigo, but it contains only about one-thirtieth
of the quantity found in the Indi- ..."
6. Wild flowers worth notice by Phebe Lankester (1879)
"'—Examiner. London: HARDWICKE & BOGUE, 192, Piccadilly, WJ OGDEN AND CO., PRINTERS,
172, ST. JOHN STREET, BC Isatis tinctoria ..."
7. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1859)
"(Roxburgh, Transact, of the Society of Arts, vol. 28.) Isatis tinctoria and
indigofera anil contain a hydrogen-compound of indigo-blue, namely, white indigo ..."
8. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"Plants of other families produce indigo, as Isatis tinctoria, a cruciferous plant
... Neither the indigo plant nor Isatis tinctoria contains the dyestuff ..."
9. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Most Recent Discoveries and by Robert Kane, John William Draper (1842)
"Of these the great majority are natives of the tropics; but a few, as the isatis
tinctoria, and the polygonum tinctorium, belong to temperate regions, ..."
10. On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish by Eugene O'Curry (1873)
"The Isatis tinctoria yields true indigo, but it contains only about one-thirtieth
of the quantity found in the Indi- ..."
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