وسم

وَسِْمَةٌ ذ [now applied to Woad ]: i. q. عِظْلِمٌ, with which one tinges or dyes [ the hands, &c. ]: (S:) a certain plant, with the leaves of which one tinges or dyes [ the hands, &c. ]; and said to be the عِظْلِم: (Msb:) the leaves of the نِيل [or indigo-plant ]: or a plant [ of another species (TA)] with the leaves of which one tinges or dyes [ the hands, &c. ] (K.)