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MADDER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin

Synonyms:

madder; Rubia tinctorum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("madder" is a kind of...):

madderwort; rubiaceous plant (any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae)

Derivation:

madder (color a moderate to strong red)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Color a moderate to strong red

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "madder" is one way to...):

redden (make red)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

madder (Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin)

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