Found 2 items, similar to madder family.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: madder family madder family n : 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: madder family 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]