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rhubarb Definition

rhu·barb (ro̵̅o̅′bärb′)

noun

  1. any of a genus (Rheum) of perennial, large-leaved plants of the buckwheat family; esp., the domestic pieplant (R. rhaponticum), having large, cordate leaf blades borne on long, thick stalks: the stalks are cooked into a sauce or baked in pies, but the blades are poisonous
  2. the roots and rhizomes of various Asiatic rhubarbs, used as a cathartic
  3. ☆

    Etymology: ? from the practice in early radio broadcasts of repeating “rhubarb” in simulating crowd noises

    Slang a heated discussion or argument

Etymology: ME rubarbe < OFr rheubarbe < ML rheubarbarum, altered < LL rha barbarum < Gr rhēon barbaron, foreign rhubarb < rhēon, rhubarb (< Pers rēwend) + barbaron, foreign, barbarous

rhubarb Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • chop: Place the 375g of roughly chopped rhubarb in a large saucepan with the sugar and water.
  • grow: Click here for easy to follow instructions on growing rhubarb.
  • force: The West Riding of Yorkshire became the main growing area, producing over 5,000 tons of forced rhubarb annually in its heyday.
  • add: Strain off all the pulp, and add other half rhubarb.
  • put: Method: First put the rhubarb, orange ingredients, onion together with half the cider vinegar into a roomy, heavy bottomed saucepan.
  • have: If you already have rhubarb it will appreciate being divide every five years or so.

Adjective modifier

  • stewed: I would not eat stewed rhubarb with my fingers, or, indeed, with any instrument that science could devise.
  • giant: The giant rhubarb was the first place to go then we went to the dragon, then the bamboo maze.
  • fresh: To make the rhubarb spray, boil a few pounds of fresh rhubarb leaves in a few pints of water for 20 minutes.
  • 450g: Ingredients: 450g rhubarb or other fruit; 50g sugar; 3-4 tablespoons water; squeeze of lemon juice.
  • pink: Februaryâs first flush of pale pink rhubarb brings a whisper of early spring to the table.
  • early: They filled the gap from the autumn brambles and damsons to the early rhubarb in spring and cooking varieties were the most valued.

Modifies a noun

  • root: Herbal laxatives such as aloes, cascara sagrada, rhubarb root, and senna are addictive and destructive to normal peristalsis.
  • wine: This could be washed down with a glass of chilled alcoholic rhubarb wine, the fruits of gardening labor.
  • plant: There could possibly be more to come, now I've removed the infestation of weeds from the vicinity of the rhubarb plants.
  • leave: Rhubarb leaves - There are at least two points of view on the composting of rhubarb leaves.
  • compote: He chose Orange and almond torte with tangy rhubarb compote and yogurt cream.
  • pie: Beryl was rolling the pastry for the rhubarb pie.

Noun used with modifier

  • lbs: PINK GIN 4 lbs rhubarb, 4 pints water, 2 ½ lbs sugar, whole cloves.
  • harvest: Rhubarb Continue to harvest rhubarb which you have forced indoors.
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—Shute, Nevil originally Nevil Shute Norway