Definitions
Plant once used to make red dye.
Word origin
From Middle English mader, madere, mædere, from Old English mædere, mæddre, mædre, from Proto-Germanic *madarǭ (compare Swedish måra, Old Norse / Icelandic maðra), from Proto-Indo-European *modʰro-, cognate with Proto-Slavic *modrъ (“blue”), and compare Irish madar (“madder”), Latvian madara (“madder”).
Used in a sentence
“Their armour was stained with madder, in such wise that they seemed bathed in blood.”
“Her big head has coloured to a dim and dreadful madder.”
“Usequebaugh to our feast - In pails was brought up, A hundred at least, - And the madder our cup, O there is the sport! […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Red dye plant”6 letters
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