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mad·der
I. \ˈmadə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English madder, mader, from Old English mædere; akin to Middle Dutch mēde madder, Old High German matara, Old Norse mathra madder, and perhaps to Polish modry dark blue, Czech modrý blue
1. : any of several herbs of the genus Rubia; especially : a Eurasian herb (Rubia tinctorum) with verticillate leaves and small yellowish panicled flowers succeeded by berries
2.
a. : the root of the madder plant used formerly in dyeing chiefly because of its content of alizarin in the form of the glycoside ruberythric acid
b. : a dye prepared from this root but later replaced by synthetic alizarin — compare garancine, turkey red 1a
II. \“, ˈmaad-, ˈmaid-\
comparative of mad
III. \ˈmadə(r)\ noun
or meth·er \ˈmethə-\
(-s)
Etymology: Irish Gaelic meadar churn, madder
: a square wooden drinking cup used in Ireland |