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RUBIA TINCTORUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Rubia tinctorum mean?
• RUBIA TINCTORUM (noun)
The noun RUBIA TINCTORUM has 1 sense:
1. Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin
Familiarity information: RUBIA TINCTORUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
madder; Rubia tinctorum
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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