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warence

warence noun: dyer's madder, an herb (Rubia tinctorum) or a reddish dye made from the herb.

Noun

warence (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Dyer's madder, an herb (Rubia tinctorum) or a reddish dye made from the herb.
    • Rvbea maior is an herbe þat me clepuþ reed mader or warance[a. 1500, Goesta Brödin, editor, Agnus Castus, A Middle English Herbal, published 1950, page 201
    • Rubea the moze hath greter leves tis of grete verttue, and is the herbe that warence or madder is made of, therefore it is called the dyers rubea.1529, The Grete Herball, Peter Treueris, page 252

Origin of warence

Inherited from Middle English waraunce, from Anglo-Norman warance (modern French garance).

Questions about warence

What does warence mean?
Warence means dyer's madder, an herb (Rubia tinctorum) or a reddish dye made from the herb.
What part of speech is warence?
Warence is a noun.

Words near warence in the dictionary

  1. warely
  2. waremaker
  3. waremakers
  4. waremaking
  5. Waremme
  6. warence
  7. Warendian
  8. wareneki
  9. wareniki
  10. Warepam
  11. Wareppam

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