English noun: madder family |
1. | madder family (plant) 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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| Synonyms | family Rubiaceae, Rubiaceae |
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| Broader (hypernym) | asterid dicot family |
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| Member holonym | Asperula, 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, madderwort, Mitchella, Nauclea, Pinckneya, Psychotria, Rubia, rubiaceous plant, Sarcocephalus, Vangueria |
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| Member meronym | order Rubiales, Rubiales |
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