Rubiaceae Rubia • rubiaceous · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · Rubiaceae · · Text Latin · · Script 9 · · Length Definitions · · · (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: family Rubiaceae, madder family. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · R latin capital letter r U+0052 a latin small letter a U+0061 b latin small letter b U+0062 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 u latin small letter u U+0075