Found 2 items, similar to rue anemone.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: rue anemone rue anemone n : woodland flower native to eastern North America having cup-shaped flowers reminiscent of anemone but more delicate [syn: Anemonella thalictroides]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Rue anemone Rue \Rue\, n. [F. rue, L. ruta, akin to Gr. ?; cf. AS. r?de.] 1. (Bot.) A perennial suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens ), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine. [1913 Webster] Then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see. --Milton. [1913 Webster] They [the exorcists] are to try the devil by holy water, incense, sulphur, rue, which from thence, as we suppose, came to be called herb of grace. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret. [1913 Webster] Goat's rue. See under Goat. Rue anemone, a pretty springtime flower (Thalictrum anemonides ) common in the United States. Wall rue, a little fern (Asplenium Ruta-muraria) common on walls in Europe. [1913 Webster]