madderwort
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Madderwort — Mad der*wort , n. (Bot.) A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order ({Rubiace[ae]}) as the madder. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
madderwort — noun any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae • Syn: ↑rubiaceous plant • Hypernyms: ↑angiosperm, ↑flowering plant • Hyponyms: ↑Indian madder, ↑munjeet, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Wort plants — This is an alphabetical listing of wort plants, meaning plants that employ the syllable wort in their English language common names. According to the Oxford English Dictionary s Ask Oxford site, A word with the suffix wort is often very old. The… … Wikipedia
List of wort plants — This is an alphabetical listing of wort plants, meaning plants that employ the syllable wort in their English language common names. According to the Oxford English Dictionary s Ask Oxford site, A word with the suffix wort is often very old. The… … Wikipedia
family Rubiaceae — noun widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry • Syn: ↑Rubiaceae, ↑madder family • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot family • Member… … Useful english dictionary
flowering plant — noun plants having seeds in a closed ovary • Syn: ↑angiosperm • Derivationally related forms: ↑angiospermous (for: ↑angiosperm) • Hypernyms: ↑spermatophyte, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Indian madder — noun perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye in the orient • Syn: ↑munjeet, ↑Rubia cordifolia • Hypernyms: ↑madderwort, ↑rubiaceous plant • Member Holonyms: ↑Rubia, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
madder family — noun widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry • Syn: ↑Rubiaceae, ↑family Rubiaceae • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot family • Member… … Useful english dictionary
munjeet — noun perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye in the orient • Syn: ↑Indian madder, ↑Rubia cordifolia • Hypernyms: ↑madderwort, ↑rubiaceous plant • Member Holonyms: ↑Rubia, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Rubia cordifolia — noun perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye in the orient • Syn: ↑Indian madder, ↑munjeet • Hypernyms: ↑madderwort, ↑rubiaceous plant • Member Holonyms: ↑Rubia, ↑genu … Useful english dictionary
