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rhubarb 音标拼音: [r'ub ,ɑrb] n. 大黄,大黄的叶柄,调味液之一种 大黄,大黄的叶柄,调味液之一种 rhubarb n 1: long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened [ synonym: { pieplant}, { rhubarb}] 2: plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems ( and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous [ synonym: { rhubarb}, { rhubarb plant}] 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] 98 Moby Thesaurus words for " rhubarb": Bedlam let loose, Irish potato, Kraut, altercation, apologetics, apologia, apology, argument, argumentation, aubergine, barney, beans, bedlam, 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, jangle, knock- down- and- drag- out, 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
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