Definition of Indian madder

1. Noun. Perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye in the orient.

Exact synonyms: Munjeet, Rubia Cordifolia
Generic synonyms: Madderwort, Rubiaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Rubia, Rubia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indian Madder

Indian elephants
Indian fig
Indian figs
Indian file
Indian flap
Indian ginger
Indian giver
Indian givers
Indian giving
Indian grackle
Indian gum
Indian hemp
Indian ink
Indian lettuce
Indian lotus
Indian madder (current term)
Indian mallow
Indian meal
Indian method
Indian millet
Indian monetary unit
Indian mongoose
Indian mulberry
Indian mustard
Indian operation
Indian paint
Indian paintbrush
Indian pangolin
Indian pangolins
Indian pea

Literary usage of Indian madder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1871)
"... also called Eait Indian madder, ii extensively cultivated in India, its root being used as a dyestuff for producing colours similar to those obtained ..."

2. Journal by Folk-Song Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"... or Indian madder, to yield, when submitted to similar processes, all the different products obtainable from the madder of Europe ; .such as, ..."

3. Journal of the Society of Arts by Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1856)
"... was one thing and Indian madder another. The first was a long fibrous root, whereas the other was in all respects like the short broken roots of the ..."

4. The East Indian Gazetteer: Containing Particular Descriptions of the Empires by Walter Hamilton (1828)
"... traders procured in return cotton, Indian madder, musk, and Tibet cow and bull tails. ... or Indian madder, cotton, bees'-wax, blankets, horses, musk, ..."

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