rubiaceous
[ roo-bee-ey-shuhs ]
adjective
belonging to the Rubiaceae, the madder family of plants.
Origin of rubiaceous
1- Compare madder family.
Words Nearby rubiaceous
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How to use rubiaceous in a sentence
From the following remarks, my readers will be able to observe the peculiar features of these interesting rubiaceous plants.
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British Dictionary definitions for rubiaceous
rubiaceous
/ (ˌruːbɪˈeɪʃəs) /
adjective
of, relating to, or belonging to the Rubiaceae, a widely distributed family of trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants that includes the coffee and cinchona trees, gardenia, madder, and bedstraws
Origin of rubiaceous
1C19: from New Latin Rubiaceae, from Latin rubia madder, from rubeus red
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