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madder::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rubia tinctorum |
| Type of | madderwort, rubiaceous plant |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | redden |
Examples of madder
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Coarseness, rancor, incivility reach new heights Louder, meaner, madder, cruder.
From the post-gazette.com
Blue came from the indigo plant, and red from madder root or cochineal beetles.
From the post-gazette.com
Nothing makes Dog Lady madder than seeing dog dung left on the streets and parks.
From the suntimes.com
As this villain gets madder and madder, Alex Cross just gets badder and badder.
From the couriermail.com.au
In this new collection of verse, Heaney moves to an even higher and madder style.
From the time.com
With the lower real wages and volume of employment, the workers get madder simply.
From the economist.com
I asked him to leave again, he got madder and pushed me to the ground and he left.
From the stltoday.com
In Viking age levels of York, remains of both woad and madder have been excavated.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Changing technology is making the mad world of advertising even madder still.
From the independent.co.uk
- Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin
- Color a moderate to strong red
- Rubia is a genus of the madder family Rubiaceae, which contains about 60 species of perennial scrambling or climbing herbs and sub-shrubs native to the Old World, Africa, temperate Asia and America. ...
- A herbaceous plant, Rubia tinctorum, native to Asia, cultivated for a red-purple dye obtained from the root; The root of the plant, used as a medicine or a dye; A dye made from the plant; A deep reddish purple colour, like that of the dye; Of a deep reddish purple colour, like that of the dye
- An herb, the root of which is used to make a natural red dye.
- 1. a climbing plant; esp. Rubia tinctorum, a vine with small yellow flowers and berries 2. the red root of this plant, or a red dye made from it 3. bright red; crimson
- A shrubby herb grown for the dyeing properties of its root. Madder is the basic colorant for Turkey red and the coppery brows of the late 1800s.
- Madder (rubia tinctoria) and related plants of the Rubia family are a source of good red dyes containing alizarin and purpurin. ...
