indian madder

1. 1.

   perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye in the orient

   SynonymsmunjeetRubia cordifolia

   Broadermadderwort

   Part ofRubia

Questions about indian madder

What does indian madder mean?

indian madder means "perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye in the orient".

What is another word for indian madder?

Close synonyms include munjeet, Rubia cordifolia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is indian madder a common word?

indian madder is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.