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rubiaceous

rubiaceous


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rubiaceous  \Ru`bi*a"ceous\,  a.  [L.  rubia  madder,  fr  rubeus 
  red.]  (Bot.) 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  a  very  large  natural  order  of  plants 
  ({Rubiace[ae]})  named  after  the  madder  ({Rubia  tinctoria}), 
  and  including  about  three  hundred  and  seventy  genera  and  over 
  four  thousand  species.  Among  them  are  the  coffee  tree,  the 
  trees  yielding  peruvian  bark  and  quinine,  the  madder,  the 
  quaker  ladies,  and  the  trees  bearing  the  edible  fruits  called 
  genipap  and  Sierre  Leone  peach,  besides  many  plants  noted  for 
  the  beauty  or  the  fragrance  of  their  blossoms.