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RUBIA CORDIFOLIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye in the orient
Synonyms:
Indian madder; munjeet; Rubia cordifolia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Rubia cordifolia" is a kind of...):
madderwort; rubiaceous plant (any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae)
Holonyms ("Rubia cordifolia" is a member of...):
genus Rubia; Rubia (type genus of the Rubiaceae; Old World herbs and subshrubs grown for their medicinal properties and for dye substances extracted from their roots)