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Meanings of Rubia in English

Portuguese
garança
Catalan
genus rubia

Type genus of the Rubiaceae; Old World herbs and subshrubs grown for their medicinal properties and for dye substances extracted from their roots.

        garança
        Usage of Rubia in English
        1
        They call out after her, 'Look at the Rubia!
        Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
        2
        Monte Coppiolo lies behind, Pietra Rubia in front: two other eagles' nests of the same brood.
        Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series
        3
        OPEC should be no exception to this rule, Hamburg Commercial Bank chief economist Cyrus de la Rubia said.
        Reuters
        4
        Bamboo strips are usually dyed by using Platycarya strobilacea and Rubia cordifolia to be made for different images.
        Pubmed
        5
        See note on Rubia, and Conserva polymorpha.]
        The Botanic Garden. Part II. / Containing the Loves of the Plant...
        6
        Are Rubia and Chata inside?
        The Quest
        7
        The fellow hires out his cave to Rubia and Chata, who hang around here and have customers in the barracks.
        The Quest
        8
        At nightfall the British were on the heights of Cabeca and Aldea Rubia, and so secured their former position at San Christoval.
        Under Wellington's Command: A Tale of the Peninsular War
        9
        Fragma featuring Maria Rubia - Everytime You Need Me The beauty of revisiting the Now albums is that they obliterate pop's habitual revisionism.
        BBC
        10
        The Pedra Rubia, a 65 metre vessel, was approximately 180 miles off shore when the man was taken ill last night.
        The Irish Times
        11
        "They're Rubia and Chata with a couple of hayseeds," said one of the gamins.
        The Quest
        Translations for Rubia
        Portuguese
        garançarubia