HyperDic: madder_family

English > 1 sense of the expression madder family:
NOUNplantmadder family, Rubiaceae, family Rubiaceaewidely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs
English > madder family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningwidely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry.
SynonymsRubiaceae, family Rubiaceae
Member ofRubiales, order RubialesAn order of dicotyledonous plants of the subclass Asteridae
MembersAsperula, genus Asperulawoodruff
Calycophyllum, genus CalycophyllumMedium to large tropical American trees having shiny reddish-brown shredding bark
Chiococca, genus Chiococcashrubs of tropical and subtropical New World
Coffea, genus Coffeacoffee trees
Galium, genus GaliumAnnual or perennial herbs
Mitchella, genus MitchellaCreeping evergreen herbs of North America
Nauclea, genus Naucleasmall genus of evergreen tropical shrubs or trees with smooth leathery leaves
Pinckneya, genus Pinckneyasmall genus of shrubs or small trees of southeastern United States and northern South America
Psychotria, genus PsychotriaTropical chiefly South American shrubs and trees
Rubia, genus Rubiatype genus of the Rubiaceae
Sarcocephalus, genus Sarcocephalusgenus of tropical African trees and shrubs
Vangueria, genus VangueriaTropical African and Asiatic trees and shrubs having one-seeded fruit
genus Cinchona, genus Chinchonalarge genus of trees of Andean region / region of South America having medicinal bark
genus Gardenialarge genus of attractive Old World tropical shrubs and small trees
genus GenipaTropical American evergreen trees or shrubs bearing yellow flowers and succulent edible fruit with a thick rind
genus Hameliaevergreen tropical American shrubs or small trees
madderwort, rubiaceous plantAny of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae
Broaderasterid dicot familyfamily of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
Spanishrubiáceas
CatalanRubiaceae, rubiàcia, rubiàcies

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