Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of polypetalous plants, type of the order Rutaceæ and tribe Ruteæ.
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- noun type genus of the Rutaceae; strong-scented Eurasian herbs
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Examples
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Veteran immigrant gardeners collect dozens of houses over the years to make up a "ruta," or route, that they call their own.
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Hale and hearty at age 82, my uncle still has a "ruta" of two houses, not because he needs the money.
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In the early 1960s Tio Andrés moved to La Jolla, Calif., where he developed a "ruta," or route, maintaining the landscaping for several well-to-do residents.
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Veteran immigrant gardeners collect dozens of houses over the years to make up a "ruta," or route, that they call their own.
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El chiste es de hecho, que se usen menos buses y vehículos particulares para ver si se logra sacar algo del tránsito que hay en la ruta San José - Heredia y si podemos empezar a avanzar con una rapidez mayor que 6km/h, porque ni por nada en el mundo se va a hacer un tren que no lleve gente sólo porque se ve bonito o porque que dicha tenemos tren.
Global Voices in English » Costa Rica: Long awaited for Train in Inaugural Run 2009
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Entre lo que publicaban las fuentes noticiosas y los comentarios de reporteros y camaradas a quienes sigo, pude darme cuenta de lo serio del asunto y, especialmente, de la inquietud que embargaba al carnal Morf0 quien sabía que una amiga utiliza esa ruta para llegar a su destino y no se podía comunicar con ella.
Global Voices in English » Mexico: Shooting at Balderas Metro Station 2009
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Concerned, I asked the driver, "¿Por qué toma la ruta de servicio?"
Mariela Dabbah: The Power of Spanglish to Make us Laugh Mariela Dabbah 2011
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The route from Atlixco south to Acatlán de Osorio is promoted by the Secretary of Tourism as the ruta del aguacate, the "avocado route."
Culinary travel in the Mixteca Poblana: The avocado route 2009
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Concerned, I asked the driver, "¿Por qué toma la ruta de servicio?"
Mariela Dabbah: The Power of Spanglish to Make us Laugh Mariela Dabbah 2011
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Español · Caribe: Siguiendo la ruta de los caribes
Global Voices in English » Caribbean: Following the path of the Caribs 2009
fbharjo commented on the word ruta
from Century Dictionary's definition of rue:
n. Any plant of the genus Ruta, especially R. graveolens, the common or garden rue, a native of the Mediterranean region and western Asia, and elsewhere common in cultivation. It is a woody herb of bushy habit, 2 or 3 feet high, with decompound leaves, the leaflets of a bluish-green color, strongly dotted. The flowers are greenish-yellow and corymbed, and are produced all summer. The plant has a strong disagreeable odor, and the leaves are extremely acrid, even producing blisters. In antiquity and the middle ages rue was highly esteemed as a medicine, and was believed to ward off contagion. It has the properties of a stimulant and antispasmodic, but accompanied by excitant and irritant tendencies. It is not now officinal, but continues somewhat in popular use. In medieval folk-lore it was a common witches' drug. From its supposed virtues, or by association with the word rue, repentance, it was formerly called herb-of-grace.
May 7, 2012
fbharjo commented on the word ruta
no matter which route! (see visuals)
May 7, 2012