marsdenia tinctoria

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marsdenia tinctoria - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Marsdenia \Mars*de"ni*a\, prop. n. [NL. From W. Marsden, an
     English author.] (Bot.)
     A genus of plants of the Milkweed family, mostly woody
     climbers with fragrant flowers, several species of which
     furnish valuable fiber, and one species (Marsdenia tinctoria
     ) affords indigo.
     [1913 Webster] Marseillais