Associations to the word «Isatis»

Wiktionary

ISATIS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae   — certain flowering plants, including woad, native to a range from Mediterranean Europe to central Asia.

Dictionary definition

ISATIS, noun. Old World genus of annual to perennial herbs: woad.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats