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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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  {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}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pieplant  \Pie"plant`\,  n.  (Bot.) 
  A  plant  ({Rheum  Rhaponticum})  the  leafstalks  of  which  are 
  acid,  and  are  used  in  making  pies;  the  garden  rhubarb. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pieplant 
  n  :  long  pinkish  sour  leafstalks  usually  eaten  cooked  and 
  sweetened  [syn:  {rhubarb}]




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