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wild madder
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Wild madder
(gcide) | Madder \Mad"der\ (m[a^]d"d[~e]r), n. [OE. mader, AS. maedere;
akin to Icel. ma[eth]ra.] (Bot.)
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.
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Note: Madder is sometimes used in forming pigments, as lakes,
etc., which receive their names from their colors, such
as madder yellow.
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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.
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wild madder
(wn) | wild madder
n 1: Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers;
naturalized in North America [syn: wild madder, {white
madder}, white bedstraw, infant's-breath, {false baby's
breath}, Galium mollugo] |
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