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1. Rue
   (Ruta) This herb is commonly known as Rue or Herb O'Grace. This ancient medicinal plant is a hardy perennial that grows upright to 2 feet high and 12 inches wide. Its attractive foliage is silvery blue-green, and in early summer, many stalks of pretty yellow flowers shoot up above the foliage. The l...
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2. rue
   [n] - European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves 2. [n] - leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy
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3. Rue
   archaic or obsolete terms > Herbs & Plants: Rue (ruta graveolens) is a perennial that grows to 2 feet. It is a symbol of sorrow and repentance, sometimes called the Herb of Grace. It has been used to improve eyesight and nerves and to treat insect bite, gout, worms, rheumatism, and hysteria. In the ...
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4. Rue
   Rue noun [ French rue , Latin ruta , akin to Greek ...; confer Anglo-Saxon r...de .] 1. (Botany) A perennial suffrutescent plant ( Ruta graveolens ), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace...
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5. Rue
   Rue transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Rued ; present participle & verbal noun Ruing .] [ Middle English rewen , reouwen , to grive, make sorry, Anglo-Saxon hr...
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6. Rue
   Rue intransitive verb 1. To have compassion. [ Obsolete] « God so wisly [ i. e. , truly] on my soul rue .» Chaucer. « Which stirred men's hearts to rue upon them.» Ridley. 2.<...
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7. Rue
   Rue noun [ Anglo-Saxon hreów . See Rue , transitive verb ] Sorrow; repetance. [ Obsolete] Shak.
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8. rue
   1. <botany> A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a strong, heavy odour and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine. ... 'Then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see.' (Milton) 'They [the exorcists] are to try the devil by holy w...
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9. rue
   noun (French) a street or road in France
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10. rue
    noun leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy
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11. rue
    herb of grace noun European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
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12. Rue
    • (n.) A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine. • (v. i.) To feel sorrow and regret; to repent. • (v. i.) To have compassion. • (n.) Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret. &...
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13. rue
    any plant of the genus Ruta, of the family Rutaceae, comprising 40 species of perennial shrubs and herbs native to Eurasia and the Canary Islands. ...
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14. Rue
    Rue is a English girl name. The meaning of the name is `Bitter, Medicinal Plant` Where is it used? The name Rue is mainly used In English.If it`s too long people might use In English and In the bible: RuthSee also In Scandinavian, German, Italian, Spanish and In Polish: Rut In English: Ruthie The...
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15. rue
    rue, common name for various members of the family Rutaceae, a large group of plants distributed throughout temperate and tropical regions and most abundant in S Africa and Australia. Most species are woody shrubs or small trees; many are evergreen and bear spines. The family is characterized by the...
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16. Rue
    Rue (Ruta graveolens) or herb of grace is a poisonous, perennial evergreen herb or sub shrub of the family Rutaceae, with erect, little-branched stems, which are often woody at the base. Its leaves, which are alternate, smooth, grey-green in colour, gland-dotted and two or three times pinnately divi...
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17. rue
    Shrubby perennial herb native to southern Europe and temperate Asia. It bears clusters of yellow flowers. An oil extracted from the strongly scented blue-green leaves is used in perfumery. (Ruta graveolens, family Rutaceae.)
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18. Rue
    `Rue` (Ruta) is a genus of strongly scented evergreen subshrubs 20–60&nbsp;cm tall, in the family Rutaceae, native to the Mediterranean region, Macaronesia and southwest Asia. There are perhaps 8 to 40 species in the genus. A well-known species is the Common Rue. The leaves are bip...
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