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Definition of Madder
1. Noun. Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin.
2. Verb. Color a moderate to strong red.
Definition of Madder
1. n. 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.
Definition of Madder
1. Noun. A herbaceous plant, ''Rubia tinctorum'', native to Asia, cultivated for a red-purple dye obtained from the root. ¹
2. Noun. The root of the plant, used as a medicine or a dye. ¹
3. Noun. A dye made from the plant. ¹
4. Noun. A deep reddish purple colour, like that of the dye. ¹
5. Adjective. Of a deep reddish purple colour, like that of the dye. ¹
6. Adjective. (comparative of mad) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Madder
1. a perennial herb [n -S]
Medical Definition of Madder
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Madder
Literary usage of Madder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"R. peregrina is the proper wild madder of England, found throughout western and
southern ... Two kinds are fixed upon cotton: one is called madder-red, ..."
2. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1844)
"On quitting the stove, the madder is carried, still hot, into a machine, where
it is minced small, and a sieve separates the portion of the bark reduced to ..."
3. Manual of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1904)
"a peculiar nitrogenous substance present in the madder root into alizarine—the
... madder Lake.—We understand by this term a combination of alizarine and ..."
4. A Handbook of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1872)
"The native country of the madder plant is the Caucasus. ... madder is met with
in the trade in the root (technically racine if European), and in powder ..."
5. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1866)
"To this fact he attributed the superiority of the Avignon madder, ... The primary
coloring principle, alizarine, is obtained by mixing madder in fine powder ..."
6. London Society edited by James Hogg, Florence Marryat (1878)
"ARTIFICIAL madder COLOURS. Within the last few years an industry has sprung up
of some considerable magnitude, the effect of which is very largely to ..."
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