Found 2 items, similar to Rheum Emodi.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Rheum emodi
Rheum emodi
n : Asian herb (Himalayas) [syn:
Himalayan rhubarb,
Indian rhubarb
,
red-veined pie plant,
Rheum australe]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Rheum Emodi
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].
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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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