Thesaurus: rhubarb

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1. n. The name of several large perennial herbs of the genus Rheum and order Polygonaceae.
2. n. 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. n. The root of several species of Rheum, used much as a cathartic medicine.
4. n. long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened
5. 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
6. 1. (Bot.) The name of several large perennial herbs of the genus Rheum and order Polygonaceæ. 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.
7. The name of several large perennial herbs of the genus Rheumand order Polygonaceæ.
8. n:100 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