Definitions for: Rheum

[n] rhubarb

Webster (1913) Definition: Rhe"um (r[=e]"[u^]m), n. [NL., from L. Rha the river
Volga, on the banks of which it grows. See Rhubarb.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants. See Rhubarb.

Rheum (r[udd]m), n. [OF. reume, rheume, F. rhume a
cold,, L. rheuma rheum, from Gr. ???, fr. "rei^n to flow,
akin to E. stream. See Stream, n., and cf. Hemorrhoids.]
(Med.)
A serous or mucous discharge, especially one from the eves or
nose.

I have a rheum in mine eyes too. --Shak.

Salt rheum. (Med.) See Salt rheum, in the Vocab.

Synonyms: genus Rheum

See Also: buckwheat family, dicot genus, family Polygonaceae, Himalayan rhubarb, Indian rhubarb, magnoliopsid genus, Polygonaceae, red-veined pie plant, Rheum australe, Rheum emodi, rhubarb, rhubarb plant

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