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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. woodland flower native to eastern North America having cup-shaped flowers reminiscent of anemone but more delicate;
[syn: rue anemone, Anemonella thalictroides]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rue \Rue\ (r[udd]), n. [F. rue, L. ruta, akin to Gr. "ryth`; cf. AS. r[=u]de.] 1. (Bot.) A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine. [1913 Webster] Then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see. --Milton. [1913 Webster] They [the exorcists] are to try the devil by holy water, incense, sulphur, rue, which from thence, as we suppose, came to be called herb of grace. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret. [1913 Webster] Goat's rue. See under Goat. Rue anemone, a pretty springtime flower (Thalictrum anemonides) common in the United States. Wall rue, a little fern (Asplenium Ruta-muraria) common on walls in Europe. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rue anemone n 1: woodland flower native to eastern North America having cup- shaped flowers reminiscent of anemone but more delicate [syn: rue anemone, Anemonella thalictroides]