rose madder
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noun
a pigment derived from anthraquinone and hydrated oxide of aluminum, characterized chiefly by its reddish color and permanence: used in painting.Compare madder lake(def 2).
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Nearby words
- rose family,
- rose fever,
- rose geranium,
- rose hip,
- rose is a rose is a rose is a rose,
- rose mallow,
- rose mandarin,
- rose moss,
- rose noble,
- rose of china
Origin of rose madder
First recorded in 1885–90
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for rose madder
Athwart the western sky the after-glow of a drenched sunset lay like a wash of rose-madder.
The Black Bag|Louis Joseph VanceThe blaze threw shifting dashes of carmine on her cheeks and heightened the rose-madder of her lips.
The Portal of Dreams|Charles Neville Buck