RUBIA
\ɹˈuːbiə], \ɹˈuːbiə], \ɹ_ˈuː_b_i__ə]\
Definitions of RUBIA
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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type genus of the Rubiaceae; Old World herbs and subshrubs grown for their medicinal properties and for dye substances extracted from their roots
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from ruber, Sex. Syst. Tetrandria Monogynia. The root of this plant-Rubia, (Ph. U. S.) - has a bitterish, somewhat austere, taste, and a slight, not agreeable, smell. They were formerly considered deobstruent, detergent, and diuretic.
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