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RUE (Fr. rue, Lat. ruta, from Gr. pur)

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 818 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RUE (Fr. rue, See also:Lat. ruta, from Gr. pur)  , the Peloponnesian word for the plant known as ailryavov), the name of a woody or bushy See also:herb, belonging to the genus Ruta, especially Ruta graveolens, the " See also:common See also:rue," a plant with bluish See also:green spotted leaves and greenish yellow See also:flowers . It has a strong pungent See also:smell and the leaves have a See also:bitter See also:taste . The plant was much used in See also:medieval and later See also:medicine as a stimulative and irritant See also:drug . It was commonly supposed to be much used by witches . From its association with " rue," sorrow, repentance (0 . Eng. hreow, from hreowan, to be sorryfor, cf . Ger. reuen), the plant was also known as " herb of See also:grace," and was taken as the See also:symbol of repentance .

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