maðra

See also: madra

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse maðra, from Proto-Germanic *madarǭ; compare Swedish madra, Norwegian modre, English madder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaðra/
• Rhymes: -aðra

Noun

maðra f (genitive singular möðru, nominative plural möðrur)

1. bedstraw, galium (plant of the genus Galium)

Derived terms

• geislamaðra (“gardenia, Gardenia jasminoides”)
• gulmaðra (“yellow bedstraw, Galium verum”)
• hvítmaðra (“slender bedstraw, Galium normanii”)
• krossmaðra (“northern bedstraw, Galium boreale”)
• laugamaðra (“fen bedstraw, Galium uliginosum”)
• mýramaðra (“common marsh bedstraw, Galium palustre”)
• þrenningarmaðra (“three-petal bedstraw, Galium trifidum”)