Bilirubin :: Bilirubin (n.) A reddish yellow pigment present in human bile, and in that from carnivorous and herbivorous animals; the normal biliary pigment..
Indirubin :: Indirubin (n.) A substance isomeric with, and resembling, indigo blue, and accompanying it as a side product, in its artificial production..
Marrubium :: Marrubium (n.) A genus of bitter aromatic plants, sometimes used in medicine; hoarhound..
Rubiaceous :: Rubiaceous (a.) 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..
Rubiacin :: Rubiacin (n.) A substance found in madder root, and probably identical with ruberythrinic acid..
Rubian :: Rubian (n.) One of several color-producing glycosides found in madder root.
Rubianic :: Rubianic (a.) pertaining to, or derived from, rubian; specifically, designating an acid called also ruberythrinic acid..
Rubican :: Rubican (a.) Colored a prevailing red, bay, or black, with flecks of white or gray especially on the flanks; -- said of horses..
Rubicelle :: Rubicelle (n.) A variety of ruby of a yellowish red color, from Brazil..
Rubicon :: Rubicon (n.) A small river which separated Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the province alloted to Julius Caesar..
Rubicund :: Rubicund (a.) Inclining to redness; ruddy; red.
Rubicundity :: Rubicundity (n.) The quality or state of being rubicund; ruddiness.
Rubidic :: Rubidic (a.) Of or pertaining to rubidium; containing rubidium.
Rubidine :: Rubidine (n.) A nitrogenous base homologous with pyridine, obtained from coal tar as an oily liquid, C11H17N; also, any one of the group od metameric compounds of which rubidine is the type..
Rubidium :: Rubidium (n.) A rare metallic element. It occurs quite widely, but in small quantities, and always combined. It is isolated as a soft yellowish white metal, analogous to potassium in most of its properties. Symbol Rb. Atomic weight, 85.2..