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Rubiaceous
- - Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of plants (Rubiaceae) named after the madder (Rubia tinctoria), and including about three hundred and seventy genera and over four thousand species. Among them are the coffee tree, the trees yielding peruvian bark and quinine, the madder, the quaker ladies, and the trees bearing the edible fruits called genipap and Sierre Leone peach, besides many plants noted for the beauty or the fragrance of their blossoms.
Rubicelles
- noun - a yellow or orange variety of ruby spinel
Rubiginous
- - Having the appearance or color of iron rust; rusty-looking.
Rubin Test
- noun - test to determine the patency of the Fallopian tubes
- test to determine the patency or occlusion of the Fallopian tubes
Rubinstein
- noun - Russian composer and pianist (1829-1894)
- United States pianist (born in Poland) known for his interpretations of the music of Chopin (1886-1982)
Rubricated
- verb - decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red; "In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated"
- furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics; "the manuscript is not rubricated"
- place in the church calendar as a red-letter day honoring a saint; "She was rubricated by the pope"
- sign with a mark instead of a name
Rubricates
- verb - decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red; "In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated"
- furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics; "the manuscript is not rubricated"
- place in the church calendar as a red-letter day honoring a saint; "She was rubricated by the pope"
- sign with a mark instead of a name
Rubricking
- verb - adorn with ruby red color
Rubythroat
- - Any one of numerous species of humming birds belonging to Trochilus, Calypte, Stellula, and allies, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic reflections; esp., the common humming bird of the Eastern United States (Trochilus colubris).
Rudderfish
- noun - fish having the habit of following ships; found in North American and South American coastal waters
- food and game fish around Bermuda and Florida; often follow ships