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Madder (root: mad)

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Noun

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mad=der

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Madder has 1 sense

madder(n = noun.plant) rubia tinctorum - Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin; Array

is a kind of madderwort, rubiaceous plant

Derived form verb madder₁

Verb Madder has 1 sense

madder(v = verb.change) Array - color a moderate to strong red; Array

is one way to

redden

Derived form noun madder₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Madder, n. [OE. mader, AS. mædere; akin to Icel. ma.].

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]
" 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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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Madder, n.
1 a herbaceous plant, Rubia tinctorum, with yellowish flowers.
2 a red dye obtained from the root of the madder, or its synthetic substitute.

Etymology

OE m{aelig}dere

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ROGET THESAURUS

Madder

Redness
N redness, red, scarlet, vermilion, carmine, crimson, pink, lake, maroon, carnation, couleur de rose, rose du Barry, magenta, damask, purple, flesh color, flesh tint, color, fresh color, high color, warmth, gules, ruby, carbuncle, rose, rust, iron mold, cinnabar, cochineal, fuchsine, ruddle, madder, Indian red, light red, Venetian red, red ink, annotto, annatto, realgar, minium, red lead, redness, rubescence, rubicundity, rubification, erubescence, blush, red, reddish, rufous, ruddy, florid, incarnadine, sanguine, rosy, roseate, blowzy, blowed, burnt, rubicund, rubiform, lurid, stammell blood red, russet buff, murrey, carroty, sorrel, lateritious, rubineous, rubricate, rubricose, rufulous, rose-colored, ruby-colored, cherry-colored, claret-colored, flame- colored, flesh-colored, peach-colored, salmon-colored, brick-colored, brick-colored, dust-colored, blushing, erubescent, reddened, red as fire, red as blood, red as scarlet, red as a turkey cock, red as a lobster, warm, hot, foxy.

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