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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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