Meadowrue

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A plant (any plant of genus Thalictrum), also known as thalictrum countable, uncountable

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From meadow + rue.

Related phrases

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