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Definition of Rubia tinctorum
1. Noun. Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rubia Tinctorum
Literary usage of Rubia tinctorum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Organic Constituents of Plants and Vegetable Substances and Their by Georg Christoph Wittstein (1878)
"In the root and herb of rubia tinctorum, in the herb of Asperula odorata, ...
In the root of rubia tinctorum. It takes its origin, according to Higgin, ..."
2. The Chemical Gazette (1852)
"In the root of rubia tinctorum there are present ... ipecacuanha and Rubia
tinctorum ; it cannot therefore be considered as a characteristic constituent of ..."
3. Journal of the Society of Arts by Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1871)
"... as much colouring matter as the rubia tinctorum, id, according to Mr. Higgins,
of Manchester, it yields •om 62 to 01 per cent, ..."
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