madder
n.
herbaceous climbing plant which bears clusters of yellow flowers; root of the madder plant; red dye extracted from the madder root; red or reddish orange color
mad
adj.
crazy, insane; furious, angry
Madder
Madder is the common name of the
plant genus Rubia, the
type genus of the madder family
Rubiaceae. The genus contains about 60 species of perennial scrambling or climbing
herbs and
sub-shrubs native to the
Old World, Africa, temperate Asia and America.The best known species are Common Madder (Rubia tinctorum), Wild Madder (Rubia peregrina), and Indian Madder (Rubia cordifolia).
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madder
Noun
1. Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin
(synonym) Rubia tinctorum
(hypernym) madderwort, rubiaceous plant
Verb
1. color a moderate to strong red
(hypernym) redden
(derivation) Rubia tinctorum
mad
Adjective
1. roused to anger; "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark"
(synonym) huffy, sore
(similar) angry
(classification) colloquialism
2. affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"
(synonym) brainsick, crazy, demented, distracted, disturbed, sick, unbalanced, unhinged
(similar) insane
3. marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure"
(synonym) delirious, excited, frantic, unrestrained
(similar) wild
4. very foolish; "harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks behind the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains"
(synonym) harebrained, insane
(similar) foolish
Madder
(n.)
A plant of the 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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