| NOUN | plant | rubiaceous plant, madderwort | any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae |
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| Meaning | Any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae. | |
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| Synonym | madderwort | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
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