madder family, n.
widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry
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Rubiaceae family Rubiaceae madder family
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member holonym
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madderwort, rubiaceous plant
Rubia, genus Rubia
Asperula, genus Asperula
Calycophyllum, genus Calycophyllum
Chiococca, genus Chiococca
Coffea, genus Coffea
genus Cinchona, genus Chinchona
Galium, genus Galium
genus Gardenia
genus Genipa
genus Hamelia
Mitchella, genus Mitchella
Nauclea, genus Nauclea
Pinckneya, genus Pinckneya
Psychotria, genus Psychotria
Sarcocephalus, genus Sarcocephalus
Vangueria, genus Vangueria