| NOUN | plant | rhubarb plant, rhubarb | plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps |
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| 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. | |
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| Synonym | rhubarb | |
| Member of | Rheum, genus Rheum | rhubarb |
| Narrower | Chinese rhubarb, Rheum palmatum | long used for laxative properties |
| Himalayan rhubarb, Indian rhubarb, red-veined pie plant, Rheum australe, Rheum emodi | Asian herb (Himalayas) | |
| pie plant, garden rhubarb, Rheum cultorum, Rheum rhabarbarum, Rheum rhaponticum | long cultivated hybrid of Rheum palmatum | |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Spanish | ruibarbo | |
| Catalan | ruibarbre | |
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