'madder family' definitions:
Definition of 'madder family'
(from WordNet)
noun
Widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry [syn: Rubiaceae, family Rubiaceae, madder family]
Definition of 'madder family'
From: GCIDE
- madder family \madder family\ n. A widely distributed natural family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs including coffee; chinchona; gardenia; madder; bedstraws; nd partridgeberry.
- Syn: Rubiaceae, family Rubiaceae, madder family [WordNet 1.5]