rue : Idioms & Phrases


false rue

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • noun perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone
    wild sweet pea; Tephrosia virginiana; catgut.
  • 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, or Tephrosia Virginiana in the United States).
Webster 1913

Meadow rue

  • 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 genus Thalictrum, having compound leaves and numerous white flowers. There are many species.
Webster 1913

Rue anemone

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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