WALL RUE Definition & Meaning

wall rue

noun

a small, delicate fern, Asplenium rutamuraria, having fan-shaped leaflets and growing on walls and cliffs.

wall rue

noun

a delicate fern, Asplenium ruta-muraria, that grows in rocky crevices and walls in North America and Eurasia

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Origin of wall rue¹

First recorded in 1540–50

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Example Sentences

The humble Wall Rue and the Wall Spleenwort grow on walls chiefly, sometimes on rocky banks.

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As curative simples, a brief consideration will be given here to the common male and female Ferns, the Royal Fern, the Hart's Tongue, the Maidenhair, the common Polypody, the Spleenwort, and the Wall Rue.

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