rutaceous

Adjective

(not comparable)

(botany) Of or relating to plants of the natural order Rutacae, of which the rue is the type, and which includes also the orange, lemon, dittany, and buchu.

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Latin rutaceous, from ruta rue. See rue the plant.

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This is the most northern representative of the Rutaceous Diosmeae, which are replaced in Australia by the Boronieae.
This is the most northern representative of the Rutaceous Diosmeae, which are replaced in Australia by the Boronieae.

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