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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rubia

RuDP carboxylase
Ruanda
Ruandan
Rubarth
Rubarth's disease
Rubarth's disease virus
Rube
Rube Goldberg
Rube Goldberg machine
Rube Goldberg machines
Ruben
Rubenesque
Rubens
Rubenstein
Rubenstein's Revenge
Rubia (current term)
Rubia cordifolia
Rubia tinctorum
Rubiales
Rubicon
Rubik's Revenge
Rubik's Revenges
Rubik's cube
Rubik's cubes
Rubik's cubist
Rubik's cubists
Rubin
Rubin test
Rubinstein
Rubix cube

Literary usage of 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)
"Of Madder—Rubia Tinctorum, Rubia Peregrina, and Rubia ... THE genus rubia is of the natural order of stellate,* which, more than any other, abounds in roots ..."

2. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1902)
"Rubia tinctoria (PLATE 9, FIGURES 1-6) The ... of Rubia are recognizable by their form which in the young condition, before the integument has commenced to ..."

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