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Mad"den, v. i. To become mad; to
act as if mad.

They rave, recite, and madden round the
land.

Mad"der (măd"d&etilde;r), n.
[OE. mader, AS. mædere; akin to Icel.
maðra.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus
Rubia (R. tinctorum). The root is much used in dyeing
red, and formerly was used in medicine. It is cultivated in France
and Holland. See Rubiaceous.

&fist; Madder is sometimes used in forming pigments, as lakes,
etc., which receive their names from their colors; as. madder
yellow.

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.

Mad"der*wort` (?), n. (Bot.)
A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order
(Rubiaceæ) as the madder.


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