PREFERRED TERM
Madder
DEFINITION
- n. A term inherited from Germanic, with precedents as "matara" "maure" "modre" "madaras" "miede". A reddish-purple colour, got from the root of the plant "Rubia tinctorum".
BROADER CONCEPT
- http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300311082 (Silk Heritage Thesaurus)
ENTRY TERMS
- crimson madder
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Garance
French
Garanza
Italian
Granza
Spanish
URI
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