family Rubiaceae

Noun

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family Rubiaceae - widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry Synonyms: madder family, Rubiaceae

Asperula, asterid dicot family, Calycophyllum, Chiococca, Coffea, Galium, genus Asperula, genus Calycophyllum, genus Chinchona, genus Chiococca, genus Cinchona, genus Coffea, genus Galium, genus Gardenia, genus Genipa, genus Hamelia, genus Mitchella, genus Nauclea, genus Pinckneya, genus Psychotria, genus Rubia, genus Sarcocephalus, genus Vangueria, madder family, madderwort, Mitchella, Nauclea, order Rubiales, Pinckneya, Psychotria, Rubia, Rubiaceae, rubiaceous plant, Rubiales, Sarcocephalus, Vangueria