A surname from Italian.

plural of Ruta

Alternative form of rutabaga

plural of ruta-baga

(now Canada, US) The swede, or Swedish turnip; the European plant Brassica napus var. napobrassica / (now Canada, US) The edible root of this plant

plural of rutabaga

(chemistry) A salt of rutic acid.

plural of rutate

(botany) Of or relating to plants of the family Rutaceae, of which the rue is the type, and which includes also the orange, lemon, dittany, and buchu.

(pharmacology) Any of a particular group of related macrolide antibiotics.