wall rue

noun

1. a small, delicate fern, Asplenium rutamuraria, having fan-shaped leaflets and growing on walls and cliffs.

wall rue

noun

1. a delicate fern, Asplenium ruta-muraria, that grows in rocky crevices and walls in North America and Eurasia

Word History and Origins

Origin of wall rue¹

First recorded in 1540–50

Example Sentences

On some of the churchyard tombstones wall-rue may be found growing, a rare sight in this neighbourhood.

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The Wall Rue is really a very common Fern, but it is often overlooked when hiding in the dark crevice of some old wall.

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On the base of one which has a sculptured shaft the wall-rue fern was growing.

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Nine species are found in Britain, among them the well-known Wall-rue.

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