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wall rue

American  

noun

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

wall rue British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of wall rue

First recorded in 1540–50

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