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| rue [ roo ] (plural rues or rue) |
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flowering plant once used medicinally: a woody plant with bitter, strongly scented leaves that yield an oil formerly used in medicines. Flowers: small, yellow. Native to: Europe, Asia. Latin name Ruta graveolens.
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| [14th century. Via French and Latin ruta< Greek rhutē] |
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