noun, feminine/ɡa.ʁɑ̃s/plural: garances
madder (plant); rose madder
Inherited from Middle French garance, from Old French garance, warance, from Frankish *wrattjā, from Proto-Germanic *wratjō (“red dye”). Cognate with Old High German rezza, reiza (“scarlet; purple; crimson; red; madder”), Old English wræt, wrætte (“crosswort; madder”).