'Rhubarb' definitions:
Definition of 'rhubarb'
From: WordNet
noun
Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened [syn: pieplant, rhubarb]
noun
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, rhubarb plant]
Definition of 'Rhubarb'
From: GCIDE
- 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 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]
Synonyms of 'rhubarb'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- altercation,
- apologetics,
- apologia,
- apology,
- argument,
- argumentation,
- aubergine,
- barney,
- beans,
- bedlam,
- Bedlam let loose,
- beef,
- bicker,
- bickering,
- blast,
- bobbery,
- brawl,
- brouhaha,
- cabbage,
- casuistry,
- charivari,
- chirm,
- clamor,
- clangor,
- clap,
- clatter,
- commotion,
- contention,
- controversy,
- defense,
- din,
- discord,
- disputation,
- dispute,
- donnybrook,
- drunken brawl,
- dustup,
- eggplant,
- falling-out,
- flap,
- flyting,
- fracas,
- free-for-all,
- greens,
- hassle,
- hell broke loose,
- howl,
- hubbub,
- hue and cry,
- hullabaloo,
- Irish potato,
- jangle,
- knock-down-and-drag-out,
- Kraut,
- legumes,
- litigation,
- logomachy,
- loud noise,
- love apple,
- mad apple,
- noise,
- noise and shouting,
- outcry,
- pandemonium,
- paper war,
- passage of arms,
- pieplant,
- polemic,
- polemics,
- potato,
- potherbs,
- produce,
- racket,
- rattle,
- roar,
- row,
- ruckus,
- ruction,
- rumble,
- rumpus,
- run-in,
- scrap,
- set-to,
- shindy,
- shivaree,
- spud,
- tater,
- thunder,
- thunderclap,
- tintamarre,
- tomato,
- tumult,
- uproar,
- vegetables,
- verbal engagement,
- war of words,
- white potato,
- wrangling