DEFINITIONS

rose madder

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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Words nearby rose madder

rose family, rose fever, rose geranium, rose hip, rose is a rose is a rose is a rose, rose madder, rose mallow, rose mandarin, rose moss, rose noble, rose of china

Origin of rose madder

First recorded in 1885–90
Dictionary.com Unabridged 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 Vance

  • The blaze threw shifting dashes of carmine on her cheeks and heightened the rose-madder of her lips.

    The Portal of Dreams|Charles Neville Buck