munjeetn.

Brit.

/mʌnˈdʒiːt/, U.S.

/mənˈdʒit/

Forms: 1800s mungeet, 1800s munjeeth, 1800s– manjit, 1800s– munjeet.

Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi mañjīṭ.

Etymology: < Hindi mañjīṭ, mañjīṭh < Sanskrit mañjiṣṭha (see munjistin n.).

Now chiefly historical.

The roots of Bengal madder ( Rubia cordifolia) or, occasionally, of certain other Indian plants, used as the source of a red dye; (also) the Bengal madder plant itself.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > [noun] > madder

maddereOE

red madder?a1425

warence1526

rubee?a1547

umber-owea1661

madder plant1758

alizari1769

munjeet1813

the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > dyes and dyestuffs

madderOE

grain1335

alkanet1343

Brazilc1386

crop-maddera1399

red-scarletc1400

alcanna?a1425

lac?c1425

madder root?c1450

incarnationa1475

jarecork1483

orchil1483

mull1507

orcanet1548

Bristol-red1551

red sanders1553

cochineal1582

safflower1583

chay1588

Pernambuco1595

red sanderswood1598

redwood1634

peach woodc1638

scarlet1653

mesteque1667

bow-dye1676

sylvester1697

corkir1703

gamene1703

orchilla1703

crap1721

saffranon1731

kino1788

Turkey red1789

lizary1791

granilla1812

munjeet1813

rubiate1835

orcein1838

purpurin1839

ruby wood1843

sassafrid1852

aal1853

pink salt1853

magenta1860

fuchsine1865

paeonin1865

safranine1868

corallin1873

marina1874

Magdala red1875

alizarin1878

eosin1879

Turkey red oil1879

roccelline1880

ponceau1885

amarant1888

phloxine1890

hypernic1897

Turkish red1900

Lithol red1930

1813 E. Bancroft Exper. Res. Philos. Permanent Colours (new ed.) II. 278 More recently..it has acquired, in the Company's sale catalogues, the names of manjit, and mungeet.

1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 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.

1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §905 Among the plants yielding dye, the most interesting is Rubia tinctoria..Rubia Munjista (cordifolia), Munjeet, is also used for a similar purpose.

1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 571 The roots of this species, as well as those of M. tinctoria, are used in India and some other parts..for dyeing red. They have been occasionally imported into this country, under the names of Madder, Munjeet, and Chay-root; but such names are improperly applied to them.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 280/1 Madder.., the root of Rubia tinctorum and perhaps also R. peregrina, both European, R. cordifolia, a native of the hilly districts of India..supplying the Indian madder or manjit.

1947 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) VIII. 244/2 The deep red aqueous extract of the ground munjeet is used generally to dye coarse cotton fabrics..various shades of scarlet, coffee brown, or mauve.

1997 D. J. Mabberley Plant-bk. (ed. 2) 624 at Rubia R. cordifolia..(Indian madder, munjeet).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	munjeet
释义	munjeetn. Brit. /mʌnˈdʒiːt/, U.S. /mənˈdʒit/ Forms: 1800s mungeet, 1800s munjeeth, 1800s– manjit, 1800s– munjeet. Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi mañjīṭ. Etymology: < Hindi mañjīṭ, mañjīṭh < Sanskrit mañjiṣṭha (see munjistin n.). Now chiefly historical. The roots of Bengal madder ( Rubia cordifolia) or, occasionally, of certain other Indian plants, used as the source of a red dye; (also) the Bengal madder plant itself. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > [noun] > madder maddereOE red madder?a1425 warence1526 rubee?a1547 umber-owea1661 madder plant1758 alizari1769 munjeet1813 the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > dyes and dyestuffs madderOE grain1335 alkanet1343 Brazilc1386 crop-maddera1399 red-scarletc1400 alcanna?a1425 lac?c1425 madder root?c1450 incarnationa1475 jarecork1483 orchil1483 mull1507 orcanet1548 Bristol-red1551 red sanders1553 cochineal1582 safflower1583 chay1588 Pernambuco1595 red sanderswood1598 redwood1634 peach woodc1638 scarlet1653 mesteque1667 bow-dye1676 sylvester1697 corkir1703 gamene1703 orchilla1703 crap1721 saffranon1731 kino1788 Turkey red1789 lizary1791 granilla1812 munjeet1813 rubiate1835 orcein1838 purpurin1839 ruby wood1843 sassafrid1852 aal1853 pink salt1853 magenta1860 fuchsine1865 paeonin1865 safranine1868 corallin1873 marina1874 Magdala red1875 alizarin1878 eosin1879 Turkey red oil1879 roccelline1880 ponceau1885 amarant1888 phloxine1890 hypernic1897 Turkish red1900 Lithol red1930 1813 E. Bancroft Exper. Res. Philos. Permanent Colours (new ed.) II. 278 More recently..it has acquired, in the Company's sale catalogues, the names of manjit, and mungeet. 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 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. 1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §905 Among the plants yielding dye, the most interesting is Rubia tinctoria..Rubia Munjista (cordifolia), Munjeet, is also used for a similar purpose. 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 571 The roots of this species, as well as those of M. tinctoria, are used in India and some other parts..for dyeing red. They have been occasionally imported into this country, under the names of Madder, Munjeet, and Chay-root; but such names are improperly applied to them. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 280/1 Madder.., the root of Rubia tinctorum and perhaps also R. peregrina, both European, R. cordifolia, a native of the hilly districts of India..supplying the Indian madder or manjit. 1947 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) VIII. 244/2 The deep red aqueous extract of the ground munjeet is used generally to dye coarse cotton fabrics..various shades of scarlet, coffee brown, or mauve. 1997 D. J. Mabberley Plant-bk. (ed. 2) 624 at Rubia R. cordifolia..(Indian madder, munjeet). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1813
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