Definitions for: Rhubarb

[n] long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened
[n] plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous

Webster (1913) Definition: Rhu"barb, n. [F. rhubarbe, OF. rubarbe, rheubarbe,
reubarbare, reobarbe, LL. rheubarbarum for rheum barbarum,
Gr. ??? (and ??) rhubarb, from the river Rha (the Volga) on
whose banks it grew. Originally, therefore, it was the
barbarian plant from the Rha. Cf. Barbarous,
Rhaponticine.]
1. (Bot.) The name of several large perennial herbs of the
genus Rheum and order Polygonace[ae].

2. The large and fleshy leafstalks of Rheum Rhaponticum and
other species of the same genus. They are pleasantly acid,
and are used in cookery. Called also pieplant.

3. (Med.) The root of several species of Rheum, used much
as a cathartic medicine.

Monk's rhubarb. (Bot.) See under Monk.

Turkey rhubarb (Med.), the roots of Rheum Emodi.

Synonyms: pieplant, rhubarb plant

See Also: Chinese rhubarb, garden rhubarb, genus Rheum, herb, herbaceous plant, Himalayan rhubarb, Indian rhubarb, pie plant, red-veined pie plant, Rheum, Rheum australe, Rheum cultorum, Rheum emodi, Rheum palmatum, Rheum rhabarbarum, Rheum rhaponticum, vegetable, veggie

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