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Definition of Genus Ruta
1. Noun. Type genus of the Rutaceae; strong-scented Eurasian herbs.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Rutaceae, Rue Family, Rutaceae
Member holonyms: Herb Of Grace, Rue, Ruta Graveolens
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ruta
Literary usage of Genus Ruta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1899)
"... genus Ruta Muraria. In Hort. Cliff. 475, five species are cited of which the
first is the one we know as A. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1912)
"Of the genus Ruta, which comprises about fifty species, the following four occur
in France, namely: Ruta montana, L. (R. tenuifolia, Desf. ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1914)
"The genus Ruta Linne with upwards of 100 existing species mostly of Eurasia
although present in Africa and South America, has furnished Menzel (1913) with ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"—In the genus ruta, (Leach), including the kittiwakes, the bill is long but
strong, and the hind toe rudimentary or very small. The three-toed gull, ..."
5. The Homoeopathic Materia Medica: Arranged Systematically and Practically by Alphonse Teste (1854)
"... and various nervous diseases. Camphor is said to antidote this drug.
Ruta graveolens, garden-rue.— A. bush of the genus ruta, type of the family ..."