• (a.) Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of plants (Rubiaceae) named after the madder (Rubia tinctoria), and including about three hundred and seventy genera and over four thousand species. Among them are the coffee tree, the trees yielding peruvian bark and quinine, the madder, the quaker ladies, and the trees bearing the edible ...
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<botany> Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of plants (Rubiaceae) named after the madder (Rubia tinctoria), and including about three hundred and seventy genera and over four thousand species. ... Among them are the coffee tree, the trees yielding peruvian bark and quinine, the madder, the quaker ladies, and the trees bearing the ...
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Ru`bi·a'ceous adjective [ Latin
rubia madder, from
rubeus red.]
(Botany) Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of plants (
Rubiaceæ ) named after the madder (
Rubia tinctoria ), and including about three hundred and seventy genera and over four thousand speci...
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