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rutaceous

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ru⋅ta⋅ceous

  [roo-tey-shuhs]
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–adjective Botany.
1. of or like rue.
2. belonging to the Rutaceae, the rue family of plants.
Compare rue family.

Origin:
1820–30; < NL Rutace(ae) name of the family (Rut(a) the type genus (L rūta rue 2 ) + -aceae aceae) + -ous
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