Wild madder

wild madder
    n 1: Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers;
         naturalized in North America [syn: {wild madder}, {white
         madder}, {white bedstraw}, {infant's-breath}, {false baby's
         breath}, {Galium mollugo}]
    

Madder \Mad"der\ (m[a^]d"d[~e]r), n. [OE. mader, AS. maedere;
   akin to Icel. ma[eth]ra.] (Bot.)
   A plant of the genus {Rubia} ({Rubia tinctorum}). The root is
   much used in dyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine.
   It is cultivated in France and Holland. See {Rubiaceous}.
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   Note: Madder is sometimes used in forming pigments, as lakes,
         etc., which receive their names from their colors, such
         as {madder yellow}.
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   {Field madder}, an annual European weed ({Sherardia
      arvensis}) resembling madder.

   {Indian madder}, the East Indian {Rubia cordifolia}, used in
      the East for dyeing; -- called also {munjeet}.

   {Wild madder}, {Rubia peregrina} of Europe; also the {Galium
      Mollugo}, a kind of bedstraw.
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