Definition of Rubiaceous
Ru`bi`a´ceous
a.
1.
(Bot.)
Of
or
pertaining
to
a
very
large
natural
order
of
plants
(
Rubiaceæ
)
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
.
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