Rutaceous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rutaceous \Ru*ta"ceous\, a. [L. rutaceous, from ruta rue. See
     {Rue} the plant.] (Bot.)
     Of or pertaining to plants of a natural order ({Rutaceae}) of
     which the rue is the type, and which includes also the
     orange, lemon, dittany, and buchu.
     [1913 Webster]