Meaning & use
madder
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A plant of the genus Rubia, or the red dye traditionally extracted from its root.
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Weavers once used madder to dye wool a deep brick red before synthetic dyes existed.
The tapestry's faded crimson threads were originally colored with madder.
A note on using this word
Madder root produces the natural pigment alizarin, once so valuable that entire regions of Europe grew it as a cash crop.
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rubiadyer's madder
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
More angry or more insane; the comparative form of mad.
He grew madder with every excuse she offered.
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