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Definitions
perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye in the orient
Word origin
Borrowed from Hindi मंजीठ (mañjīṭh), an alternative form of मजीठ (majīṭh), in turn derived from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸 (maṃjiṭṭhā), ultimately derived from Sanskrit मञ्जिष्ठा f (mañjiṣṭhā).
Used in a sentence
“The colour of all is red; that of munjeet being a yellow, or orange red, that of the lac a bluish or crimson red, and that of the Bignonia a brown red.”
“The stalks of the munjeet are very dry, light, and porous; the fracture exhibits a congeries of empty tubes. The powdered munjeet is composed of the thin and thick stalks mixed.”
“Runge, who examined the tinctorial power of munjeet, concluded that it contained twice as much available colouring matter as madder; but later experiments have shown that the colouring power is actually less.”
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