'Marsdenia' definitions:
Definition of 'Marsdenia'
From: GCIDE
- Marsdenia \Mars*de"ni*a\, prop. n. [NL. From W. Marsden, an English author.] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Milkweed family, mostly woody climbers with fragrant flowers, several species of which furnish valuable fiber, and one species ({Marsdenia tinctoria}) affords indigo. [1913 Webster] Marseillais