genus rubia

Noun
  1. Type genus of the Rubiaceae;
    Old World herbs and subshrubs grown for their medicinal properties and for dye substances extracted from their roots (synset 112681557)
    is a type of: asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
    member holonym: indian madder, munjeet, rubia cordifolia - perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye in the orient
    belongs to: family rubiaceae, madder family, rubiaceae - widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry
    same as: rubia

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