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INDIAN RHUBARB
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Asian herb (Himalayas)
Synonyms:
Himalayan rhubarb; Indian rhubarb; red-veined pie plant; Rheum australe; Rheum emodi
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Indian rhubarb" is a kind of...):
rhubarb; rhubarb plant (plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous)
Holonyms ("Indian rhubarb" is a member of...):
genus Rheum; Rheum (rhubarb)
Sense 2
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Darmera peltata; Indian rhubarb; Peltiphyllum peltatum; umbrella plant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("Indian rhubarb" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("Indian rhubarb" is a member of...):
Darmera; genus Darmera; genus Peltiphyllum; Peltiphyllum (one species)
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