rhubarb
rhubarb
Definition
rhu·barb (ro̵̅o̅′bärb′)
noun
- 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
- the roots and rhizomes of various Asiatic rhubarbs, used as a cathartic
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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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