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Definition: RUBIACEOUS |
RUBIACEOUSAdjective1. 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. |
Etymology: Rubiaceous \Ru`bi*a"ceous\, adjective. [Latin expression rubia madder, from rubeus red.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: RUBIACEOUS |
| English words defined with "RUBIACEOUS": Ipecacuanha ♦ Morinda ♦ Rondeletia, rubiaceous plant ♦ Seven-year apple ♦ Wax tree ♦ Yaw-weed. (references) |
Expression using "RUBIACEOUS": rubiaceous plant. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Words rhyming with "RUBIACEOUS" (pronounced 'Ru`bi*a"ceous'): Acanthaceous, Acinaceous, Alliaceous, Alutaceous, Amarantaceous, Amentaceous, Ampullaceous, Amygdalaceous, Amylaceous, Anacardiaceous, Anonaceous, Apiaceous, Araceous, Arenaceous, Argillaceous, Arundinaceous, Asclepiadaceous, Atramentaceous, Aurantiaceous, Avenaceous, Bignoniaceous, Boraginaceous, Brassicaceous, Bromeliaceous, Bulbaceous, Butyraceous, Byssaceous, Cactaceous, Calcareo-siliceous, Campanulaceous, Camphoraceous, Capillaceous, Caryophyllaceous, Cepaceous, Ceraceous, Cetaceous, Chartaceous, Chylaceous, Cichoraceous, Cinchonaceous, Cineraceous, Confervaceous, Convolvulaceous, Corallaceous, Coriaceous, Corollaceous, Croceous, Crustaceous, Cucurbitaceous, Cycadaceous. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-i-o-r-s-u-u" | |
-2 letters: aerobics, caribous. | |
-3 letters: acerous, aerobic, ascribe, bescour, boraces, bureaus, caribes, caribou, carious, carouse, corbies, curiosa, curious, isobare, obscure, ourebis, raucous, rubaces, rubious, saucier, scoriae, suberic, subrace. | |
-4 letters: abuser, airbus, ariose, arouse, aureus, aurous, ausubo, bourse, braces, braise, bruise, bureau, buries, bursae, busier, cabers, carbos, caribe, caries, carobs, causer, ceibas, cerias, cerous, cesura, coarse. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-i-o-r-s-u-u" | |
+3 letters: elucubrations, subcoriaceous, tubocurarines. | |
+4 letters: arboricultures. | |
+5 letters: antituberculous. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 55 42 49 41 43 45 4F 55 53 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. ..- -... .. .- -.-. . --- ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01010101 01000010 01001001 01000001 01000011 01000101 01001111 01010101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R U B I A C E O U S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0055 0042 0049 0041 0043 0045 004F 0055 0053 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52553643353739495553 |
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