madder vs salmon

madder

adj
  • Of a deep reddish purple colour, like that of the dye. 

noun
  • A deep reddish purple colour, like that of the dye. 

  • The root of the plant, used as a medicine or a dye. 

  • A dye made from the plant. 

  • A herbaceous plant, Rubia tinctorum, native to Asia, cultivated for a red-purple dye (alizarin) obtained from the root. 

salmon

adj
  • Having a pale pinkish-orange colour. 

noun
  • One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily, brownish above with silvery sides and delicate pinkish-orange flesh; they ascend rivers to spawn. 

  • A meal or dish made from this fish. 

  • snout (tobacco; from salmon and trout) 

  • The upper bricks in a kiln which receive the least heat. 

  • A pale pinkish-orange colour, the colour of cooked salmon. 

verb
  • To ride a bicycle the wrong way down a one-way street. 

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