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Perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye in the orient
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munjeet
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n. The plant ''Rubia cordifolia'', or Indian madder; the dye extracted from the plant.
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Madder \Mad"der\ (m[a^]d"d[~e]r), n. [OE. mader, AS. m[ae]dere; 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. ...
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n. perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye in the orient [syn: Indian madder , Rubia cordifolia ]