rue : Idioms & Phrases
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false rue
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noun slender erect perennial of eastern North America having tuberous roots and pink-tinged white flowers; resembles meadow rue
Isopyrum biternatum; false rue.
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false rue anemone
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noun slender erect perennial of eastern North America having tuberous roots and pink-tinged white flowers; resembles meadow rue
Isopyrum biternatum; false rue.
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goat rue
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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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Goat's rue
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noun perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone
wild sweet pea; Tephrosia virginiana; catgut.
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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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(Bot.) , a leguminous plant (Galega officinalis of Europe, orTephrosia Virginiana in the United States).
Webster 1913
Meadow rue
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noun any of various herbs of the genus Thalictrum; sometimes rhizomatous or tuberous perennials found in damp shady places and meadows or stream banks; have lacy foliage and clouds of small purple or yellow flowers
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(Bot.) , a delicate early plant, of the genusThalictrum , having compound leaves and numerous white flowers. There are many species.
Webster 1913
Rue anemone
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noun woodland flower native to eastern North America having cup-shaped flowers reminiscent of anemone but more delicate
Anemonella thalictroides.
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- a pretty springtime flower (
Thalictrum anemonides ) common in the United States.
Webster 1913
rue family
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noun a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales; have flowers that are divide into four or five parts and usually have a strong scent
family Rutaceae; Rutaceae.
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Wall rue
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noun small delicate spleenwort found on a steep slope (as a wall or cliff) of Eurasia and North America
wall rue; Asplenium ruta-muraria.
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(Bot.) , a species of small fern (Asplenium Ruta-muraria ) growing on walls, rocks, and the like.- a little fern (
Asplenium Ruta-muraria ) common on walls in Europe.
Webster 1913
wall rue spleenwort
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noun small delicate spleenwort found on a steep slope (as a wall or cliff) of Eurasia and North America
wall rue; Asplenium ruta-muraria.