madderwort

WORDNET DICTIONARY

madderwort(n = noun.plant) rubiaceous plant - any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae; Array

is a kind of angiosperm, flowering plant

is a member of family rubiaceae, madder family, rubiaceae

has particulars: indian madder, munjeet, rubia cordifolia, madder, rubia tinctorum

madderwort, n.

A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (Rubiaceæ) as the madder. [1913 Webster]

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