rubiaceous

[ roo-bee-ey-shuhs ]

adjective
  1. belonging to the Rubiaceae, the madder family of plants.

Origin of rubiaceous

1
1825–35; <New Latin Rubiace(ae) name of family (Rubi(a) genus name (Latin rubia madder, akin to ruberred1) + -aceae-aceae) + -ous

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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.

    The Solomon Islands and Their Natives | H. B. (Henry Brougham) Guppy

British Dictionary definitions for rubiaceous

rubiaceous

/ (ˌruːbɪˈeɪʃəs) /


adjective
  1. 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

1
C19: from New Latin Rubiaceae, from Latin rubia madder, from rubeus red

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