rubiaceous
Americanadjective
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belonging to the Rubiaceae, the madder family of plants.
adjective
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of, relating to, or belonging to the Rubiaceae , a widely distributed family of trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants that includes the coffee and cinchona trees, gardenia, madder, and bedstraws
Etymology
Origin of rubiaceous
1825–35; < New Latin Rubiace ( ae ) name of family ( Rubi ( a ) genus name ( Latin rubia madder, akin to ruber red 1 ) + -aceae -aceae ) + -ous
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This, however, is unfounded; since it is precisely by the disposition of the leaves, and the absence of stipules, that the cuspa differs totally from the trees of the rubiaceous family.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina
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