'Rue anemone' definitions:
Definition of 'rue anemone'
From: WordNet
noun
Woodland flower native to eastern North America having cup- shaped flowers reminiscent of anemone but more delicate [syn: rue anemone, Anemonella thalictroides]
Definition of 'Rue anemone'
From: GCIDE
- 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]