Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of, belonging to, or characterizing the plant-order Rutaceæ; resembling rue.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Of or pertaining to plants of a natural order (Rutaceæ) of which the rue is the type, and which includes also the orange, lemon, dittany, and buchu.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Of or relating to
plants of the naturalorder Rutacae, of which therue is the type, and which includes also theorange ,lemon ,dittany , andbuchu .
Etymologies
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Latin rutaceous, from ruta rue. See rue the plant.
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Examples
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Finally, I will cite jaborandi (Tupí), ` the dried leaves of a rutaceous shrub, Pilocarpus jaborandi, that are a source of philocarpine, 'and pataua (Tupí) ` a fatty oil similar to olive oil obtained from the fruit of a Brazilian palm.'
madmouth commented on the word rutaceous
like the rutabaga?
October 28, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word rutaceous
Rutabaga is in the herbaceous mustard family. Rutaceae are a family of largely woody genera, which include citrus.
October 28, 2009
yarb commented on the word rutaceous
"Rutabaga is in the herbaceous mustard family" is one of those utterly preposterous sentences for which I keep coming back to Wordie.
October 29, 2009
fbharjo commented on the word rutaceous
excitriceous
October 29, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word rutaceous
It has been my sad lot to discover that those utterly preposterous sentences yarb refers to don't play well at cocktail parties.
October 29, 2009
yarb commented on the word rutaceous
Same here, hh :( If you're ever round our way I'll make you a pisco sour.
October 29, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word rutaceous
I prefer to call rutabagas "swedes" especially around Swedes. What is the Swedish texting equivalent of "wtf", btw?
October 30, 2009