Definition of Genus 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.

Exact synonyms: Rubia
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Rubiaceae, Madder Family, Rubiaceae
Member holonyms: Indian Madder, Munjeet, Rubia Cordifolia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Rubia

genus Riparia
genus Rissa
genus Rivina
genus Rivulus
genus Robinia
genus Roccella
genus Roccus
genus Rodolia
genus Romneya
genus Roridula
genus Rorippa
genus Rosa
genus Rosellinia
genus Rosmarinus
genus Roystonea
genus Rubia (current term)
genus Rubus
genus Rudbeckia
genus Rumex
genus Rumohra
genus Rupicapra
genus Rupicola
genus Ruptiliocarpon
genus Ruscus
genus Russula
genus Ruta
genus Rutilus
genus Rynchops
genus Rypticus
genus Sabal

Literary usage of Genus Rubia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Experimental Researches Concerning the Philosophy of Permanent Colours: And by Edward Bancroft (1814)
"THE genus rubia is of the natural order of stellate,* which, more than any other, abounds in roots affording the red colouring matter. ..."

2. Technical Reports and Scientific Papers by Imperial Institute (Great Britain), Frederick Augustus Abel (1903)
"The best known dye-stuff of the genus Rubia is Rubia cordifolia, which is a popular red dye with native dyers. ..."

3. Rugs, Oriental and Occidental, Antique and Modern: A Handbook for Ready by Rosa Belle Holt (1901)
"Madder ranks high among those plants which yield a permanent dye. It belongs to the genus Rubia ; the root employed is that of the Rubia tinctorum. ..."

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