wall rue
noun
a small, delicate fern, Asplenium rutamuraria, having fan-shaped leaflets and growing on walls and cliffs.
Origin of wall rue
First recorded in 1540–50
Words nearby wall rue
wall pepper,
wall plate,
wall plug,
wall rock,
wall rocket,
wall rue,
wall socket,
wall street,
wall streeter,
wall system,
wall tent
Example sentences from the Web for wall rue
On the base of one which has a sculptured shaft the wall-rue fern was growing.
Field and Hedgerow |Richard JefferiesNine species are found in Britain, among them the well-known Wall-rue.
British Dictionary definitions for wall rue
wall rue
noun
a delicate fern, Asplenium ruta-muraria, that grows in rocky crevices and walls in North America and Eurasia