madder
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English mader, madere, mædere, from Old English mædere, mæddre, mædre, from Proto-Germanic *madarǭ (compare Swedish måra, Old Norse / Icelandic maðra), from Proto-Indo-European *modʰro-, cognate with Proto-Slavic *modrъ (“blue”), and compare Irish madar (“madder”), Latvian madara (“madder”).
Inflected forms:
form: madders
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A herbaceous plant, Rubia tinctorum, native to Asia, cultivated for a red-purple dye (alizarin) obtained from the root.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Madder (Rubia tinctorum). — This plant has a perennial root and an annual stalk. It is cultivated for the roots, which, after being dried and ground, are employed in considerable quantities in dying a fine red colour, and, likewise, as a first tint for several other shades. It is principally cultivated in Holland, the province of Zealand being almost entirely covered with it; from whence it is exported to every part of Europe and America, yielding almost incalculable profits. The imports of this article for the use of our manufactories is stated to amount in value to more than two millions of dollars annually. Our soil and climate are found to be well adapted to its culture, and some successful experiments have been made in raising it in the counties of Madison and Otsego [in New York State]. Madder does best in a deep rich sand-loam, moist but not wet. It requires three summers to come to perfection; and as the roots strike deep, the ground should be ploughed and mellowed to the depth of two and a half or three feet for its reception. Miller says it should be planted with a dibble (it is propagated by offsets from the roots), in rows from two to three feet apart; while Beechstein says they should be planted only six inches asunder.
gloss: The root of the plant, used as a medicine or a dye.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A dye made from the plant.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Their armour was stained with madder, in such wise that they seemed bathed in blood.
gloss: A deep reddish colour, like that of the dye.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Her big head has coloured to a dim and dreadful madder.
gloss: Of a deep reddish purple colour, like that of the dye.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Derived words: blue field madder
brown madder
capucine madder
common madder
crimson madder
dyer's madder
field madder
flowers of madder
Indian madder
madder crimson
madder lake
madder orange
madder rose
madder scarlet
madderwort
maddery
madder yellow
orange madder
pink madder
Rembrandt's madder
rose madder
Rubens' madder
scarlet madder
white madder
wild madder
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: meekrap
lang: Akkadian
word: 𒁍𒉿𒌈
lang: Albanian
word: bimë ngjyruese
lang: Albanian
word: rrolbë
lang: Albanian
word: rrojbë
lang: Arabic
word: فُوَّة صَبْغِيَّة
lang: Arabic
word: فُوَّة
roman: fuwwa
lang: Aramaic
word: פּוּתָא
roman: pūṯā
lang: Aramaic
word: פּוּאֲתָא
roman: pūʾăṯā
lang: Aramaic
word: ܦܽܘܬܳܐ
roman: pūṯā
lang: Armenian
word: տորոն
roman: toron
lang: Azerbaijani
word: boyaqotu
lang: Belarusian
word: марэ́на
roman: maréna
lang: Belarusian
word: мару́на
roman: marúna
lang: Breton
word: gwrizienn-ruz
lang: Bulgarian
word: брош
roman: broš
lang: Catalan
word: roja
lang: Chinese
word: 茜草
roman: qiàncǎo
lang: Czech
word: mořena
lang: Danish
word: krap
lang: Dutch
word: meekrap
lang: Estonian
word: punavärvik
lang: Estonian
word: krapp
lang: Finnish
word: värimatara
lang: Finnish
word: aitovärimatara
lang: Finnish
word: värikrappi
lang: French
word: garance
lang: Georgian
word: ენდრო
roman: endro
lang: German
word: Färberkrapp
lang: German
word: Färberröte
lang: German
word: Krapp
lang: Greek
word: ριζάρι
roman: rizári
lang: Greek
word: ερυθρόδανο
roman: erythródano
lang: Hebrew
word: פּוּאָה
roman: pūʾā
lang: Hittite
word: 𒊺𒉿𒁕
lang: Hungarian
word: festő buzér
lang: Irish
word: madar
lang: Italian
word: robbia
lang: Italian
word: garanza
lang: Japanese
word: 茜
roman: akane
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ڕۆنیاس
roman: ronyas
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: soring
lang: Latin
word: rubia
lang: Latvian
word: madara
lang: Macedonian
word: броќ
roman: broḱ
lang: Norwegian
word: krapp
lang: Old Norse
word: maðra
lang: Persian
word: روناس
roman: ronâs
lang: Polish
word: marzana
lang: Portuguese
word: ruiva-dos-tintureiros
lang: Portuguese
word: ruiva
lang: Portuguese
word: granza
lang: Portuguese
word: garança
lang: Romanian
word: roibă
lang: Romanian
word: garanță
lang: Russian
word: маре́на
roman: maréna
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: бро̏ћ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: brȍć
lang: Slovak
word: marena
lang: Slovene
word: brošč
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: čerwjenka
lang: Spanish
word: rubia roja
lang: Swedish
word: krapp
lang: Turkish
word: kızılkök
lang: Ugaritic
word: 𐎔𐎆𐎚
roman: pwt
lang: Ukrainian
word: маре́на
roman: maréna
lang: Welsh
word: cochwraidd
lang: Welsh
word: gwreiddrudd
lang: Akkadian
word: 𒁍𒉿𒌈
lang: Armenian
word: տորոն
roman: toron
lang: Dutch
word: meekraprood
lang: Dutch
word: kraplak
lang: Finnish
word: alitsariini
lang: Finnish
word: krappi
lang: Finnish
word: alitsariinipunainen
lang: German
word: Krapprot
lang: German
word: Krappfarbstoff
lang: German
word: Alizarin
lang: German
word: Alizarinrot
lang: Irish
word: madar
lang: Italian
word: alizarina
lang: Japanese
word: 茜
roman: akane
lang: Latin
word: rubia
lang: Portuguese
word: alizarina
lang: Portuguese
word: garança
lang: Romanian
word: alizarină
lang: Russian
word: крапп
roman: krapp
lang: Spanish
word: rojo de alizarina
lang: Welsh
word: madr