Found 2 items, similar to Rheum Rhaponticum.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Rheum rhaponticum
Rheum rhaponticum
n : long-cultivated hybrid of Rheum palmatum; stems often cooked
in pies or as sauce or preserves [syn:
pie plant,
garden rhubarb
,
Rheum cultorum,
Rheum rhabarbarum]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Rheum Rhaponticum
Pieplant
\Pie"plant`\, n. (Bot.)
A plant (
Rheum Rhaponticum) the leafstalks of which are
acid, and are used in making pies; the garden rhubarb.
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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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