Definition of Madder
Mad´der
Pronunciation:
măd´dẽr
n.
1.
(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
.
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
.
Related Words
redden
,
Rubia
tinctorum
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