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Definition of Madderwort
1. Noun. Any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae.
Generic synonyms: Angiosperm, Flowering Plant
Group relationships: Family Rubiaceae, Madder Family, Rubiaceae
Specialized synonyms: Indian Madder, Munjeet, Rubia Cordifolia, Madder, Rubia Tinctorum
Definition of Madderwort
1. n. A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (Rubiaceæ) as the madder.
Definition of Madderwort
1. Noun. A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (Rubiaceae) as the madder. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Madderwort
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Madderwort
Literary usage of Madderwort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"... New York, North Dakota and Montana. Naturalized or adventive from Europe,
mostly escaped from gardens. Old English names, madderwort, mugwort, ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Cloth printed with designs in madder, or in colors of which madder forms a part ;
especially, cotton prints so made. madderwort ..."
3. Introduction to Structural and Systematic Botany and Vegetable Physiology by Asa Gray (1866)
"... (madderwort Family). Small herbs, growing in water, or wet places, with the
flowers on scapes ; the leaves either submersed and dissected into filiform ..."
4. English Compound Words and Phrases: A Reference List, with Statement of by Francis Horace Teall (1892)
"... madder=bloom madder brown madder carmine madder red madder=print madderwort
mad=doctor Madeira=yine Madeira=wood ..."
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