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RHUBARB PLANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous
Synonyms:
rhubarb; rhubarb plant
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rhubarb plant" 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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rhubarb plant"):
Himalayan rhubarb; Indian rhubarb; red-veined pie plant; Rheum australe; Rheum emodi (Asian herb (Himalayas))
garden rhubarb; pie plant; Rheum cultorum; Rheum rhabarbarum; Rheum rhaponticum (long cultivated hybrid of Rheum palmatum; stems often cooked in pies or as sauce or preserves)
Chinese rhubarb; Rheum palmatum (long used for laxative properties)
Holonyms ("rhubarb plant" is a member of...):
genus Rheum; Rheum (rhubarb)
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