wild madder

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wild madder - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Madder \Mad"der\ (m[a^]d"d[~e]r), n. [OE. mader, AS. maedere;
     akin to Icel. ma[eth]ra.] (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.
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     Note: Madder is sometimes used in forming pigments, as lakes,
           etc., which receive their names from their colors, such
           as madder yellow.
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     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.
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wild madder - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  wild madder
      n 1: Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers;
           naturalized in North America [syn: wild madder, white madder
           , white bedstraw, infant's-breath, false baby's breath
           , Galium mollugo]