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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
munjeet
    n 1: perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for
         dye in the orient [syn: Indian madder, munjeet, Rubia
         cordifolia]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Madder \Mad"der\ (m[a^]d"d[~e]r), n. [OE. mader, AS. maedere;
   akin to Icel. ma[eth]ra.] (Bot.)
   A plant of the genus Rubia (Rubia tinctorum). The root is
   much used in dyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine.
   It is cultivated in France and Holland. See Rubiaceous.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: Madder is sometimes used in forming pigments, as lakes,
         etc., which receive their names from their colors, such
         as madder yellow.
         [1913 Webster]

   Field madder, an annual European weed (Sherardia
      arvensis) resembling madder.

   Indian madder, the East Indian Rubia cordifolia, used in
      the East for dyeing; -- called also munjeet.

   Wild madder, Rubia peregrina of Europe; also the Galium
      Mollugo, a kind of bedstraw.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Munjeet \Mun*jeet"\, n. [Hind. maj[imac][.t]h a drug used for
   dyeing red.]
   See Indian madder, under Madder.
   [1913 Webster]

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