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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Madder \Mad"der\ (m[a^]d"d[~e]r), n. [OE. mader, AS. m[ae]dere;
akin to Icel. ma[eth]ra.] (Bot.)
Rubia+({Rubia+tinctorum" rel="nofollow">A plant of the genus Rubia ({Rubia tinctorum). The root is
much used in dyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine.
It is cultivated in France and Holland. See Rubiaceous.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Madder is sometimes used in forming pigments, as lakes,
etc., which receive their names from their colors, such
as madder yellow.
[1913 Webster]
Field madder, an annual European weed ({Sherardia
arvensis) resembling madder.
Indian madder, the East Indian Rubia cordifolia, used in
the East for dyeing; -- called also munjeet.
Wild madder, Rubia peregrina of Europe; also the Galium
Mollugo, a kind of bedstraw.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Madder \Mad"der\, n. [OE. mader, AS. m[ae]dere; akin to Icel.
ma?ra.] (Bot.)
Rubia+({R.+tinctorum" rel="nofollow">A plant of the Rubia ({R. tinctorum). The root is much
used in dyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine. It is
cultivated in France and Holland. See Rubiaceous.
Note: Madder is sometimes used in forming pigments, as lakes,
etc., which receive their names from their colors; as.
madder yellow.
Field madder, an annual European weed ({Sherardia
arvensis) resembling madder.
Indian madder, the East Indian Rubia cordifolia, used in
the East for dyeing; -- called also munjeet.
Wild madder, Rubia peregrina of Europe; also the Galium
Mollugo, a kind of bedstraw.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
Indian madder
n : perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye
in the orient [syn: munjeet, Rubia cordifolia]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Indian madder
n.
1 ''Rubia cordifolia'' (munjeet), now widely distributed at tropical
and subtropical latitudes in eastern and southern Africa and Asia,
growing at elevations up to 3,500 meters.
2 (taxlink Rubia manjith species ver=180905)
3 (taxlink Houstonia purpurea species ver=180905) (syn. (taxlink
Hedyotis umbellata species ver=180905)), (vern chay novern=1), (vern:
chay-root)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
Indian madder
n.
1 ''Rubia cordifolia'' (munjeet), now widely distributed at tropical
and subtropical latitudes in eastern and southern Africa and Asia,
growing at elevations up to 3,500 meters.
2 (taxlink Rubia manjith species ver=180905)
3 (taxlink Houstonia purpurea species ver=180905) (syn. (taxlink
Hedyotis umbellata species ver=180905)), (vern chay novern=1), (vern:
chay-root)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Indian madder
n.
1 ''Rubia cordifolia'' (munjeet), now widely distributed at tropical
and subtropical latitudes in eastern and southern Africa and Asia,
growing at elevations up to 3,500 meters.
2 (taxlink Rubia manjith species ver=180905)
3 (taxlink Houstonia purpurea species ver=180905) (syn. (taxlink
Hedyotis umbellata species ver=180905)), (vern chay novern=1), (vern:
chay-root)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Indian madder
n.
1 ''Rubia cordifolia'' (munjeet), now widely distributed at tropical
and subtropical latitudes in eastern and southern Africa and Asia,
growing at elevations up to 3,500 meters.
2 (taxlink Rubia manjith species ver=180905)
3 (taxlink Houstonia purpurea species ver=180905) (syn. (taxlink
Hedyotis umbellata species ver=180905)), (vern chay novern=1), (vern:
chay-root)
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