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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Origin of rose madder
First recorded in 1885–90
Words nearby rose madder
Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose, rosella, roselle, Rosellen, Roselle Park, rose madder, rosemaling, rose mallow, rose mandarin, Rosemarie, rosemary
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Example sentences 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