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RUBIACEOUS
Ru
`
bi
*a "ceous, a.
Etym:
[L.
rubia
madder,
fr.
rubeus
red.
] (
Bot.
)
Defn:
Of
or
pertaining
to
a
very
large
natural
order
of
plants (Rubiaceæ )
named
after
the
madder
(
Rubia
tinctoria ),
and
including
about
three
hundred
and
seventy
genera
and
over
four
thousand
species.
Among
them
are
the
coffee
tree,
the
trees
yielding
peruvian
bark
and
quinine,
the
madder,
the
quaker
ladies,
and
the
trees
bearing
the
edible
fruits
called
genipap
and
Sierre
Leone
peach,
besides
many
plants
noted
for
the
beauty
or
the
fragrance
of
their
blossoms.
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