rubiaceous
/,ru:bi'eiʃәs/
📖 中文释义
- a. [植] 茜草科的
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- a. Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of
- plants (Rubiaceae) named after the madder (Rubia tinctoria), and
- including about three hundred and seventy genera and over four thousand
- species. Among them are the coffee tree, the trees yielding peruvian
- bark and quinine, the madder, the quaker ladies, and the trees bearing
- the edible fruits called genipap and Sierre Leone peach, besides many
- plants noted for the beauty or the fragrance of their blossoms.