Meaning | Any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae. |
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Synonym | rubiaceous plant |
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Member of | Rubiaceae, family Rubiaceae, madder family | widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs |
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Narrower | Indian madder, munjeet, Rubia cordifolia | perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye in the orient |
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madder, Rubia tinctorum | Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin |
Broader | angiosperm, flowering plant | plants having seeds in a closed ovary |
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Spanish | rubiácea |
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Catalan | rubiàcia |
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