Definition of Rubiales

1. Noun. An order of dicotyledonous plants of the subclass Asteridae; have opposite leaves and an inferior compound ovary.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Rubiales

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
Rubia cordifolia
Rubia tinctorum
Rubiales (current term)
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
Rubner
Rubner's laws of growth
Rubner's test

Literary usage of Rubiales

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

1. A Dictionary of Spanish Painters: Comprehending that Part of Their Biography by A. O'Neil (1834)
"In Seville are some early pictures by him, but the greater part of Rubiales' works are in Rome and Florence.—Seville and Italy. RUBIO (ANTONIO). ..."

2. Morphology of Angiosperms: (Morphology of Spermatophytes. Part II) by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1903)
"The distinguishing character to separate Rubiales from the next alliance is not always clear, but in general the connivent and often united anthers of the ..."

3. Annals of the Artists of Spain by William Stirling Maxwell (1848)
"Pedro Rubiales, a native of Estremadura, acquired great distinction at Rome in ... As no works of Rubiales are known to have existed in the cathedrals and ..."

4. Phytogeography of Nebraska: I. General Survey by Roscoe Pound, Frederic Edward Clements (1900)
"... farm yards, and along roadsides, where it forms a dense carpet studded with blue flowers. It was first observed in region II in 1889. Rubiales ..."

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