| 单词 | indian madder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasIndian madder Indian madder n. either of two Indian plants of the family Rubiaceae which yield a red dye, munjeet, Rubia cordifolia, and chay, Oldenlandia umbellata; the roots of either of these plants used for dyeing. ΚΠ 1804 J. Pinkerton Mod. Geogr. (new ed.) II. 212 We cannot omit however the indigo and the oldenlandia, (Indian madder,) whence the beautiful colours of the Indian chintzes are procured. 1869 Trans. Ethnol. Soc. London 7 10 The Indian madder..is for the most part a different species of the same genus, and bears in Sanskrit the name of majith. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 280/1 Madder.., the root of..R. cordifolia, a native of the hilly districts of India..supplying the Indian madder or manjit. 1957 R. H. Thomson Naturally Occurring Quinones iv. 161 This is the simplest of the group of closely related anthraquinones which occur in chay root or Indian madder, Oldenlandia umbellata.., formerly cultivated in India for use in dyeing. 1987 D. J. Mabberley Plant-bk. 509 Rubia... Source of dyes & local medic[ines] etc. esp. R. cordifolia L. (Indian madder, munjeet). < as lemmas |
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