rubiaceous plant

Other forms: rubiaceous plants

Definitions of rubiaceous plant

1. noun

   any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae
   synonyms: madderwort

   types:

   Indian madder, Rubia cordifolia, munjeet

   perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye in the orient

   Rubia tinctorum, madder

   Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin

   type of:

   angiosperm, flowering plant

   plants having seeds in a closed ovary