wall rue

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wawl roo]
- /wɔl ru/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wawl roo]
- /wɔl ru/

Definitions of wall rue words

noun wall rue a small, delicate fern, Asplenium rutamuraria, having fan-shaped leaflets and growing on walls and cliffs. 1
noun wall rue a delicate fern, Asplenium ruta-muraria, that grows in rocky crevices and walls in North America and Eurasia 0
noun wall rue either of two small, delicate, light-green spleenwort ferns (Asplenium cryptolepis or A. rutamuraria) usually growing on cliffs or walls in North America and Europe 0

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Origin of wall rue

First appearance:

before 1540

One of the 30% oldest English words

First recorded in 1540-50

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Parts of speech for Wall rue

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wall rue popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 56% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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