genus Rubia

Thesaurus

Noun

1.genus Rubia - type genus of the Rubiaceae; Old World herbs and subshrubs grown for their medicinal properties and for dye substances extracted from their rootsRubiaasterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubsfamily Rubiaceae, madder family, Rubiaceae - widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberryIndian madder, munjeet, Rubia cordifolia - perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye in the orient