Definition of Madderwort

1. Noun. Any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae.

Exact synonyms: Rubiaceous Plant
Generic synonyms: Angiosperm, Flowering Plant
Group relationships: Family Rubiaceae, Madder Family, Rubiaceae
Specialized synonyms: Indian Madder, Munjeet, Rubia Cordifolia, Madder, Rubia Tinctorum

Definition of Madderwort

1. n. A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (Rubiaceæ) as the madder.

Definition of Madderwort

1. Noun. A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (Rubiaceae) as the madder. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Madderwort

1. A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (Rubiaceae) as the madder. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Madderwort

madarotic
madbrain
madbrained
madbrains
madcaps
madded
madden
maddened
maddening
maddeningly
maddens
madder
madder family
madders
madderwort (current term)
maddest
madding
maddish
maddock
maddocks
maddoctor
maddoctors
made
made-for-TV
made-to-measure
made-to-order
made-up
made a hash of
made a leg

Literary usage of Madderwort

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

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"... New York, North Dakota and Montana. Naturalized or adventive from Europe, mostly escaped from gardens. Old English names, madderwort, mugwort, ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Cloth printed with designs in madder, or in colors of which madder forms a part ; especially, cotton prints so made. madderwort ..."

3. Introduction to Structural and Systematic Botany and Vegetable Physiology by Asa Gray (1866)
"... (madderwort Family). Small herbs, growing in water, or wet places, with the flowers on scapes ; the leaves either submersed and dissected into filiform ..."

4. English Compound Words and Phrases: A Reference List, with Statement of by Francis Horace Teall (1892)
"... madder=bloom madder brown madder carmine madder red madder=print madderwort mad=doctor Madeira=yine Madeira=wood ..."

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