Madder

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(Bot.) 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. 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.

Noun	1.	madder - Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin Synonyms: Rubia tinctorum
Verb	1.	madder - color a moderate to strong red

redden, Rubia tinctorum