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rue1
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v.
(rues
, rued
, ru·ing or rue·ing
) [tr.]
bitterly regret (something one has done or allowed to happen):
Ferguson will rue the day he turned down that offer
she might live to rue this impetuous decision.
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n. archaic
repentance; regret:
with rue my heart is laden.
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compassion; pity:
tears of pitying rue.
rue2
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n.
a perennial evergreen shrub (Ruta graveolens, family Rutaceae) with bitter strong-scented lobed leaves that are used in herbal medicine.
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used in names of other plants that resemble rue, esp. in leaf shape, e.g.,
goat's-rue.
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Patent No. PP20,189 Issued on July 28, Assigned to Compass Plants for Phlox Plant (Dutch Inventor)
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/1/2009; 337 words
; ...has developed a phlox plant named `Alexandra`. The...patent has been assigned to Compass Plants B.V., Hillegom. According...distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named `Alexandra`, characterized by its upright plant habit; freely flowering...
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Patent No. PP20,188 Issued on July 28, Assigned to Compass Plants for Papaver Plant (french Inventor)
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/1/2009; 344 words
; ...has developed a papaver plant named `Paradiso`. The...patent has been assigned to Compass Plants B.V., Hillegom, Netherlands...distinct cultivar of Papaver plant named `Paradiso`, characterized by its upright plant habit; moderately vigorous...
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Patent No. PP20,216 Issued on Aug. 11, Assigned to Compass Plants for Phlox Plant (Dutch Inventor)
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/18/2009; 336 words
; ...has developed a phlox plant named `Valentina`. The...patent has been assigned to Compass Plants B.V., Hillegom. According...distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named `Valentina`, characterized by its upright plant habit; freely flowering...
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Patent No. PP20,198 Issued on Aug. 4, Assigned to Compass Plants for Veronica Plant (Dutch Inventor)
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/8/2009; 333 words
; ...has developed a veronica plant named `Baby Blue`. The...patent has been assigned to Compass Plants B.V., Hillegom. According...distinct cultivar of Veronica plant named `Baby Blue`, characterized by its upright plant habit, freely flowering...
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Flexible Manufacturing Directs Production of Jeep(R) Compass and Improves Plant Productivity.
PR Newswire; 6/16/2006; 700+ words
; * Jeep(R) Compass, Jeep Patriot and Dodge...support manufacturing plant flexibility AUBURN HILLS...new 2007 Jeep(R) Compass. With that, the Chrysler...said Kurt Kavajecz, Plant Manager - Belvidere Assembly...production of the Jeep Compass and Dodge Caliber. In...
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Chrysler Group Launches Production of the All-new 2007 Jeep(R) Compass at Belvidere Assembly Plant.
PR Newswire; 5/30/2006; 700+ words
; ...ergonomics * 2007 Jeep Compass appeals to new buyers...the all-new Jeep Compass at its Belvidere (Ill.) Assembly Plant. The plant which...said Kurt Kavajecz, Plant Manager - Belvidere...production of the Jeep Compass and Dodge Caliber...
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Chrysler Group to Build All-new 2007 Jeep(R) Compass at Belvidere (Illinois) Assembly Plant.
PR Newswire; 1/9/2006; 700+ words
; * Plant is Chrysler Group's first...all-new 2007 Jeep(R) Compass, revealed today at the North...Assembly Plant. The Jeep Compass is an all-new kind of Jeep...right size for world markets. Compass will offer performance, fuel...
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COMPASS IS FORCED TO SELL PLANT.
Magazine article from: Plastics News; 4/19/1999; ; 524 words
; Compass Plastics & Technologies Inc. of Gardena...March 5 calling for a CHF affiliate to acquire Compass' MOS Plastics Inc. unit in San Jose, Calif., for $10.5 million. Compass announced it is working through funding and debt...
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Compass Minerals International Announces Sale of UK Evaporated Salt Plant to INEOS Enterprises.
Business Wire; 1/3/2006; 700+ words
; ...effective December 30, 2005. Compass expects to use approximately...industry in the U.K., this plant is a better strategic fit for...said Michael E. Ducey, Compass Minerals president and CEO...transaction creates value for Compass Minerals shareholders by allowing...
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Compass Minerals International, Inc. Explores Sale of UK Evaporated Salt Plant.
Business Wire; 11/9/2005; 700+ words
; ...OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Compass Minerals International...sell its evaporated salt plant in Cheshire, England...said Michael E. Ducey, Compass Minerals International president and CEO. "For Compass, it would resolve the over...
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compass plant
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
compass plant or rosinweed, large, coarse North...and is sometimes cultivated. Other plants that have a similar leaf orientation are sometimes called compass plants. Compass plant is classified in the division Magnoliophyta...
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Rosemary
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
...the mint or Lamiaceae family of plants. Rosemary is a native of the...major modern-day source of the plant. Rosemary can grow as tall as...Other names for rosemary include compass weed, compass plant, or polar plant. An interesting...
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Herbaria
Book article from: Plant Sciences
...herbaria strive to represent the plants and fungi from a wider geographic...trees. Collecting underwater plants such as algae may require hip...specimen is recorded using maps, compasses, or geo-positioning devices...elevation, and what other types of plants or animals are found nearby...features ...
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Jordan, (Claude Thomas) Alexis
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...Marc- Antoine Timeroy. These plants did not coincide exactly with...the real boundaries of the plant forms but to a crude division...that are preserved when the plant is dried in a herbarium. Experiment...guide and theology for his compass ” ( Remarques...speaking, originate among the ...
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Explorers
Book article from: American Eras
...recorded his observations of plant and animal life, took note of regional topography, and made compass readings. Smith took a scientific...Once again he took accurate compass readings to produce a map...accurate observations using his compass in respect to points of land...
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