rubiaceous
[ roo-bee-ey-shuh s ]
/ ˌru biˈeɪ ʃəs /
adjective
belonging to the Rubiaceae, the madder family of plants.
Compare
madder family.
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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
Word Origin for rubiaceous
C19: from New Latin
Rubiaceae, from Latin
rubia madder, from
rubeus red