(n)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 plant

rhubarb pie

(n)pie containing diced rhubarb and much sugar

butterbur

(n)small Eurasian herb having broad leaves and lilac-pink rayless flowers; found in moist areas, Syn.bog rhubarb, Petasites hybridus, Petasites vulgaris

pieplant

(n)long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened, Syn.rhubarb

pie plant

(n)long cultivated hybrid of Rheum palmatum; stems often cooked in pies or as sauce or preserves, Syn.Rheum cultorum, Rheum rhabarbarum, Rheum rhaponticum, garden rhubarb

umbrella plant

(n)rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stems; colonizes stream banks in the Sierra Nevada in California, Syn.Peltiphyllum peltatum, Indian rhubarb, Darmera peltata

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Rhubarb

n. [ F. rhubarbe, OF. rubarbe, rheubarbe, reubarbare, reobarbe, LL. rheubarbarum for rheum barbarum, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; (and &unr_;&unr_;) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) The root of several species of Rheum, used much as a cathartic medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Monk's rhubarb. (Bot.) See under Monk. --
Turkey rhubarb (Med.), the roots of Rheum Emodi. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rhubarby

a. Like rhubarb. [ 1913 Webster ]

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