noun
slender erect perennial of eastern North America having tuberous roots and pink-tinged white flowers; resembles meadow rue
• Syn: ↑false rue, ↑Isopyrum biternatum
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Isopyrum, ↑genus Isopyrum
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noun also false rue : a slender white-flowered herb (Isopyrum biternatum) of the family Ranunculaceae of eastern No. America closely resembling meadow rue
Useful english dictionary. 2012.