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wall rue

Definition of wall rue

noun

  • a small delicate spleenwort (fern) which resembles rue, growing on walls and rocks in both Europe and North America and sensitive to atmospheric pollution.
    • Asplenium ruta-muraria, family Aspleniaceae

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