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Definition of False rue
1. Noun. Slender erect perennial of eastern North America having tuberous roots and pink-tinged white flowers; resembles meadow rue.
Exact synonyms: False Rue Anemone, Isopyrum Biternatum
Group relationships: Genus Isopyrum, Isopyrum
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Isopyrum, Isopyrum
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of False Rue
Literary usage of False rue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"There are several seeds in each cap- sule of the false rue-anemone, but only one
seed in each nutlet of the true. Both plants are abundant in the woods ..."
2. Reports of the Survey (1899)
"This plant may be distinguished from the false rue-anemone, ... In the false
rue-anemones the tubers do not form a little cluster near the base of the stem, ..."
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