Hypernym

asterid dicot family 1

noun

family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs

Member_meronym

Rubiales 1

noun

an order of dicotyledonous plants of the subclass Asteridae; have opposite leaves and an inferior compound ovary

madderwort 1

noun

any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae

Rubia 1

noun

type genus of the Rubiaceae; Old World herbs and subshrubs grown for their medicinal properties and for dye substances extracted from their roots

Asperula 1

noun

woodruff

Calycophyllum 1

noun

medium to large tropical American trees having shiny reddish-brown shredding bark

family Rubiaceae 1

noundomain: plant

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

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

Synonyms

Rubiaceae 1
widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry
madder family 1
widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry