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1. (n.) rhubarb
any of several plants of the genus Rheum, of the buckwheat family, as R. officinale, having a medicinal rhizome, and R. rhabarbarum, having edible leafstalks.
2. rhubarb
the edible fleshy leafstalks of R. rhabarbarum.
3. rhubarb
Slang. a quarrel or squabble.
Etymology: (1350–1400; rubarb < OF r(e)ubarbe < ML reubarbarum < Gk rhéon bárbaron foreign rhubarb)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) pieplant, rhubarb
long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened
2. (noun) rhubarb, rhubarb plant
plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) rhubarb
the name of several large perennial herbs of the genus Rheum and order Polygonaceae
2. (noun) rhubarb
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. (noun) rhubarb
the root of several species of Rheum, used much as a cathartic medicine
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Sense: a large-leaved garden plant, the stalks of which can be cooked and eaten.
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 Afrikaans: rabarber |
 Arabic: راوَند ريباسي: نبات لِمُد |
 Bulgarian: ревен |
 Brazilian: ruibarbo / vozerio |
 Czech: reveň |
 German: der Rhabarber |
 Danish: rabarber |
 Greek: ραβέντι |
 Spanish: ruibarbo |
 Estonian: rabarber |
 Farsi: ریوند چینی؛ ریواس رنگ لیم |
 Finnish: rhubarb |
 French: rhubarbe |
 Hebrew: רִיבס |
 Hindi: रेवा चीनी |
 Croatian: rabarbara |
 Hungarian: rebarbara |
 Indonesian: nama pohon yang batangnya |
 Icelandic: rabarbari |
 Italian: rabarbaro |
 Japanese: だいおう |
 Korean: 대황(大黃) |
 Lithuanian: rabarbaras |
 Latvian: rabarbers |
 Malay: pokok rubarb |
 Dutch: rabarber |
 Norwegian: rabarbra |
 Polish: rabarbar |
 Persian: ریوند چینی؛ ریواس رنگ لیم |
 Pashto: پښى، رواش |
 Portuguese: ruibarbo |
 Romanian: rubarbă |
 Russian: ревень |
 Slovak: rebarbora |
 Slovenian: rabarbara |
 Serbian: rabarbara |
 Swedish: rabarber |
 Thai: ผักชนิดหนึ่ง |
 Turkish: ravent |
 Taiwanese: 大黃 |
 Ukrainian: ревінь |
 Urdu: بڑی پتیوں والا ایک پودا ج |
 Vietnamese: cây đại hoàng |
 Chinese: 大黄 |
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