Madder

Etymology 1
mæddre, mædre, from Germanic, perhaps from an Indo-European base meaning ‘blue’. Cognate with Swedish madra.

Noun

 * 1) A herbaceous plant, Rubia tinctorum, native to Asia, cultivated for a red-purple dye obtained from the root.
 * 2) The root of the plant, used as a medicine or a dye.
 * 3) A dye made from the plant.
 * 4) A deep reddish purple colour, like that of the dye.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: meekrap
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Italian: robbia, robbia domestica
 * Japanese: アカネ (akane)
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: värimataran juuri
 * Italian:


 * Russian: марена (mar'éna)


 * Finnish: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: あかね (akane)


 * Portuguese: vermelho
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: rubia (rojo)


 * French:
 * Italian: rosso di robbia


 * Japanese: 茜色 (あかねいろ, akaneiro)

Adjective

 * 1) Of a deep reddish purple colour, like that of the dye.

Translations

 * French:
 * Japanese: 茜色の (あかねいろの, akaneiro no)


 * Russian: краповый

Related terms

 * alizarin

Etymology 2
Inflected forms.

Adjective
madder



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