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RUBIA TINCTORUM
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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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Hypernyms ("Rubia tinctorum" is a kind of...):
madderwort; rubiaceous plant (any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae)