ruta : Idioms & Phrases


asplenium ruta-muraria

  • noun small delicate spleenwort found on a steep slope (as a wall or cliff) of Eurasia and North America
    wall rue; wall rue spleenwort.
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genus ruta

  • noun type genus of the Rutaceae; strong-scented Eurasian herbs
    Ruta.
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ruta graveolens

  • noun European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
    herb of grace; rue.
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ruta-baga

Ru`ta-ba"ga noun
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  1. (Bot.) A kind of turnip commonly with a large and long or ovoid yellowish root; a Swedish turnip. See Turnip.
Webster 1913