munjeet

munjeet
    n 1: perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for
         dye in the orient [syn: {Indian madder}, {munjeet}, {Rubia
         cordifolia}]
    

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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Munjeet \Mun*jeet"\, n. [Hind. maj[imac][.t]h a drug used for
   dyeing red.]
   See {Indian madder}, under {Madder}.
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