RUBIA TINCTORUM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

madder; Rubia tinctorum

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Rubia tinctorum" is a kind of...):

madderwort; rubiaceous plant (any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae)

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