rutaceous
Americanadjective
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of or like rue.
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belonging to the Rutaceae, the rue family of plants.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of rutaceous
1820–30; < New Latin Rutace(ae) name of the family ( Rut(a) the type genus ( Latin rūta rue 2 ) + -aceae -aceae ( def. ) ) + -ous
Example Sentences
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If double boiler be used no water need be added, and thus the rice will be dry and not pultaceous.
From No Animal Food and Nutrition and Diet with Vegetable Recipes by Wheldon, Rupert H.
With the pultaceous deposit in the bladder there is incontinence of urine, which dribbles away continually and keeps the hair on the inner side of the thighs matted with soft magma.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
If a pultaceous mass is present it has a soft, doughy feeling, and when pressed an indentation is left.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
In some cases the bladder contains and may be even distended by a soft, pultaceous mass made up of minute, round granules of carbonates of lime and magnesia.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
It is this material which constitutes the soft, white, pultaceous mass that sometimes fills the bladder to repletion and requires to be washed out.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
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