Definition of Maddir
Mad"der (măd"d&etilde;r), n.
[OE. mader, AS. mædere; akin to Icel.
maðra.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus
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.
&fist; 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- an herb
- the root of the plant
- a dye made from the plant
- (colour) a deep reddish purple colour, like that of the dye.
madder colour:
- comparative form of mad
- (colour) of a deep reddish purple colour, like that of the dye.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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