Rue (Ruta graveolens) is a scented ornamental plant and culinary herb.

Rue may also refer to:

Botany

• Ruta or the rue genus—whose species' common names often include "rue"

• Rutaceae or the rue family

• Asplenium ruta-muraria or wall rue, a fern

• Galega officinalis or goat's-rue, an edible legume

• Peganum harmala, Syrian, African or wild rue

• Tephrosia virginiana, also "goat's rue", a subshrub native to North America

• Thalictrum or the meadow-rues, in the buttercup family

Language

• Rue, a dialect of the Sena language of Mozambique

• Rusyn language, spoken in central Europe (ISO 639: rue)

Music

• Rue (ballad), a traditional British and Irish ballad

• "Rue", a 2020 song by Girl in Red

People

• Rue (surname), list of people so named

• Rue Mapp, American outdoor enthusiast and environmentalist

• Rue McClanahan (1934–2010), American actress and comedian

• Rue Protzer (born 1966), German jazz musician

Fictional characters

• Rue, from The Hunger Games trilogy

• Rue, a fox from the OneShot video game

• Rue, from the Princess Tutu anime

• Rue Bennett, protagonist of the television series Euphoria

Places

Rue, Somme, France

• Canton of Rue

• Rue, Switzerland

• Rue, Virginia, United States

Other uses

• Rifts Ultimate Edition, a 1990 tabletop role-playing game

• Russian Union of Engineers

See also

• A Rúa, Spanish municipality with demonym Rues

• La Rue (disambiguation)

• Rew (disambiguation)

• Roo (disambiguation)

• Roux, in cooking, a thickening agent

• Ru (disambiguation)

• Rue21, a clothing and accessories retailer