rhubarb

rhubarb
    n 1: long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and
         sweetened [syn: {pieplant}, {rhubarb}]
    2: plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing
       in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when
       cooked; leaves are poisonous [syn: {rhubarb}, {rhubarb
       plant}]
    

Rhubarb \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 {Polygonaceae}.
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   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}.
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   3. (Med.) The root of several species of {Rheum}, used much
      as a cathartic medicine.
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   {Monk's rhubarb}. (Bot.) See under {Monk}.

   {Turkey rhubarb} (Med.), the roots of {Rheum Emodi}.
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98 Moby Thesaurus words for "rhubarb":
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      white potato, wrangling