madnep
- n biennial weed in Europe and America having large pinnate leaves and yellow flowers and a bitter and somewhat poisonous root; the ancestor of cultivated parsnip
madder
- n Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin
- v color a moderate to strong red
- s roused to anger
- s affected with madness or insanity
- s marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
- s very foolish
madder family
- n widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry
madderwort
- n any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae
madeira
- n a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River
- n an island in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa; the largest of the Madeira Islands
- n an amber dessert wine from the Madeira Islands