Goat's rue Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone
    wild sweet pea; Tephrosia virginiana; catgut.
  2. noun tall bushy European perennial grown for its pinnate foliage and slender spikes of blue flowers; sometimes used medicinally
    goat rue; Galega officinalis.

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Definitions
  1. . See under Goat.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Galega officinalis of Europe, or Tephrosia Virginiana in the United States).

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