rubia cordifolia

English Thesaurus

1. perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye in the orient (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	madderwort, rubiaceous plant,
definition	:	any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus rubia, rubia,
definition	:	type genus of the Rubiaceae; Old World herbs and subshrubs grown for their medicinal properties and for dye substances extracted from their roots (noun.plant)