RHUBARB


Meaning of RHUBARB in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈrü-ˌbärb ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English rubarbe, from Anglo-French reubarbe, from Medieval Latin reubarbarum, alteration of rha barbarum, literally, barbarian rhubarb

Date: 15th century

1. : any of a genus ( Rheum ) of Asian plants of the buckwheat family having large leaves with thick succulent petioles often used as food ; also : the petioles of rhubarb

2. : the dried rhizome and roots of any of several rhubarbs (as Rheum officinale and R. palmatum ) grown in China and Tibet and used as a purgative and stomachic

3. : a heated dispute or controversy

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