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madderwort
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun madderwort has 1 sense
- madderwort(n = noun.plant) rubiaceous plant - any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae; Array is a kind of angiosperm, flowering plant
is a member of family rubiaceae, madder family, rubiaceae
has particulars: indian madder, munjeet, rubia cordifolia, madder, rubia tinctorum
CIDE DICTIONARY
madderwort, n.
A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (Rubiaceæ ) as the madder. [1913 Webster]
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