madderwort (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *madderwort*:
NOUN	plant	madderwort, rubiaceous plant	any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae

English > *madderwort*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae.
Synonym	rubiaceous plant
Member of	Rubiaceae, family Rubiaceae, madder family	widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs
Narrower	Indian madder, munjeet, Rubia cordifolia	perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye in the orient
Narrower	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
Spanish	rubiácea
Catalan	rubiàcia

HyperDic: madderwort