ALL meanings of rhubarb
rhu·barb
R r - noun rhubarb any of several plants belonging to the genus Rheum, of the buckwheat family, as R. officinale, having a medicinal rhizome, and R. rhabarbarum, having edible leafstalks. 1
- noun rhubarb the rhizome of any medicinal species of this plant, forming a combined cathartic and astringent. 1
- noun rhubarb the edible, fleshy leafstalks of R. rhabarbarum, used in making pies, preserves, etc. 1
- noun rhubarb Slang. a quarrel or squabble. 1
- noun rhubarb edible large-leafed plant 1
- noun rhubarb food: stalks of rhubarb plant 1
- noun rhubarb nonsense 1
- uncountable noun rhubarb Rhubarb is a plant with large leaves and long red stems. You can cook the stems with sugar to make jam or puddings. 0
- noun rhubarb any of several temperate and subtropical plants of the polygonaceous genus Rheum, esp R. rhaponticum (common garden rhubarb), which has long green and red acid-tasting edible leafstalks, usually eaten sweetened and cooked 0
- noun rhubarb the leafstalks of this plant 0
- noun rhubarb a related plant, Rheum officinale, of central Asia, having a bitter-tasting underground stem that can be dried and used medicinally as a laxative or astringent 0
- noun rhubarb a heated discussion or quarrel 0
- noun rhubarb the noise made by actors to simulate conversation, esp by repeating the word rhubarb at random 0
- verb rhubarb to simulate conversation, esp by repeating the word rhubarb at random 0
- noun rhubarb 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 0
- noun rhubarb the roots and rhizomes of various Asiatic rhubarbs, used as a cathartic 0
- noun rhubarb a heated discussion or argument 0