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indian madder
(encz) | Indian madder, |
Indian 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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indian madder
(wn) | Indian madder
n 1: perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for
dye in the orient [syn: Indian madder, munjeet, {Rubia
cordifolia}] |
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Indian 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.
[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.
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