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‖ munjeet|mʌnˈdʒiːt| Also manjit, mungeet, munjeeth. [Bengālī manjīth (Hindī majīth).] The Bengal Madder, Rubia cordifolia (formerly Munjista); the roots of this plant used in dyeing. Also erroneously applied to the roots of Morinda citrifolia and M. tinctoria (Bentley Man. Bot., ed. 5, 1883).
1813E. Bancroft Perm. Colours II. 278 More recently..it has acquired in the Company's Sale Catalogues, the name of manjit and mungeet. 1819Act 59 Geo. III, c. 52 (Rates Inwards), Madder or Munjeet. 1846Lindley Veg. Kingd. 770 The roots of Rubia cordifolia..yield the Madder of Bengal, and form even an article of the export commerce to Europe, under the name of Munjeeth. attrib.1864Munjeet-garancine [see munjistin]. |