The Collaborative International Dictionary
Marsdenia tinctoria
Marsdenia \Mars*de"ni*a\, prop. n. [NL. From W. Marsden, an English author.] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Milkweed family, mostly woody climbers with fragrant flowers, several species of which furnish valuable fiber, and one species ( Marsdenia tinctoria) affords indigo.