madder

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Madder could be purchased, for it was raised in the Southern colonies, but the madder was a brown red.

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  1. noun A southwest Asian perennial plant (Rubia tinctorum) having small yellow flowers, whorled leaves, and a red root.
  2. noun The root of this plant, formerly an important source of the dye alizarin.
  3. noun A red dye obtained from the roots of this plant.

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  1. Middle English, from Old English mædere.

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  1. from Middle English mader, from Anglo-Saxon mædere, mæddre = Dutch meede, mee = Icelandic madhra, madder. The Irish madar, madra, madder, is apparently from English madder. Cf. Sanskrit madhurā, the name of several plants, from madhura, sweet, tender, from madhu, sweet: see mead.
  2. from madder, n.
  3. Possibly a corruption of mazer.
 

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