Rue is a strongly scented plant used medicinally and as a culinary herb Rue may also refer to: Places Rue, Somme, a commune of the Somme department, France Canton of Rue Rue, Switzerland, a municipality in the canton of Fribourg Rue, Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community People Rue (surname) Rue McClanahan (1934–2010), American actress born Eddi-Rue McClanahan Rue Protzer (born 1966), German jazz guitarist and composer Fictional Rue, a talking fox from the video game OneShot Arts and entertainment Rue (ballad), a traditional British and Irish ballad "Rue", a 2020 song by Girl in Red Rue, a character in the Hunger Games trilogy Rue, a character in the anime Princess Tutu Rifts Ultimate Edition, a role-playing game Rue, a major character from the series Euphoria Dialects and languages Rue, ISO 639 abbreviation for the Rusyn language of central Europe Rue, a dialect of the Sena language of Mozambique Plants Besides the aforementioned rue or common rue (Ruta graveolens), many other plants have "rue" in their common names, including: Goat's rue, Galega officinalis, a plant in the family Fabaceae Goat's rue, Tephrosia Virginiana, N. American native in the Fabaceae Meadow rue, plants in the genus Thalictrum in the family Ranunculaceae Rue family, Rutaceae, the botanical family to which rue belongs Rue genus, Ruta, species related to rue, often with common names that include the word "rue" Syrian rue, Peganum harmala, a plant in the family Nitrariaceae Wall rue, Asplenium ruta-muraria, a plant in the fern genus Asplenium Other uses Russian Union of Engineers See also La Rue (disambiguation) Rew (disambiguation) Roo (disambiguation) Roux, in cooking, a thickening agent Ru (disambiguation) Rue21, a clothing and accessories retailer