madder family

/ˌmædər ˌfæm(ə)li/
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Definitions of madder family
  1. noun
    widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry
    synonyms: Rubiaceae, family Rubiaceae
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    type of:
    asterid dicot family
    family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
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