rubiaceae | ||
1. | [ noun ] (biology,botany) widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry | |
Synonyms: | madder_family family_Rubiaceae | |
Related terms: | asterid_dicot_family Rubiales Coffea Asperula Rubia genus_Genipa Pinckneya genus_Cinchona Galium genus_Gardenia Mitchella genus_Hamelia Nauclea Chiococca Calycophyllum Psychotria Sarcocephalus Vangueria madderwort | |