meadowrue
nounEtymology From meadow + rue.
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A plant (any plant of genus Thalictrum), also known as thalictrum
- He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife, meadowrue, orchis, ragged-robin.1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 91
- Derived terms
- alpine meadowrue), cathedral meadowrue, Chinese meadowrue, common meadowrue, Cooley's meadowrue, dwarf meadowrue, early meadowrue, Fendler's meadowrue, fewflower meadow-rue, greater meadowrue, Kyushu meadowrue, lavender mist meadowrue, lesser meadowrue, mountain meadowrue, purple meadowrue, tall meadowrue, waxyleaf meadowrue, western meadowrue, yellow meadowrue