HyperDic: madderwort

English > 1 sense of the word madderwort:
NOUNplantmadderwort, rubiaceous plantany of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae
English > madderwort: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae.
Synonymrubiaceous plant
Member ofRubiaceae, family Rubiaceae, madder familywidely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs
NarrowerIndian madder, munjeet, Rubia cordifoliaperennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye in the orient
madder, Rubia tinctorumEurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin
Broaderangiosperm, flowering plantplants having seeds in a closed ovary
Spanishrubiácea
Catalanrubiàcia

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