ˌrübēˈāsēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Rubia, type genus + -aceae
: a family of mostly tropical herbs, shrubs, and trees (order Rubiales) of very diverse habits having opposite stipulate leaves and regular flowers with the stamens borne on the corolla tube and a 1- to 10-celled ovary usually with numerous ovules that becomes in fruit a capsule, a berry, or one or more distinct nutlets
• ru·bi·a·ceous |rübē|āshəs adjective