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Rubiaceae

Definition:

a widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees, shrubs, and herbs; includes coffee, chinchona, gardenia, madder, bedstraws, and partridgeberry

Class:

plant noun

Usage:

family | proper noun

Plural:

Rubiaceae*
(* Rubiaceae may be used in a singular or plural context)

Type of:

asterid dicot family » dicot family » family » taxonomic group

Member of:

Rubiales » Asteridae » Dicotyledones » Angiospermae » Spermatophyta » Plantae

Original source:

WordNet

Examples:

Asperula | Calycophyllum | Chiococca | Cinchona | Coffea | Galium | Gardenia | Genipa | Hamelia | madderwort | Mitchella | Nauclea | Pinckneya | Psychotria | Rubia | Sarcocephalus | Vangueria

Synonym:

madder family

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