| 单词 | rhubarb |
| 释义 | rhubarb[ roo-bahrb ] / ˈru bɑrb / SEE SYNONYMS FOR rhubarb ON THESAURUS.COM nounany 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. the rhizome of any medicinal species of this plant, forming a combined cathartic and astringent. the edible, fleshy leafstalks of R. rhabarbarum, used in making pies, preserves, etc. Slang. a quarrel or squabble. VIDEO FOR RHUBARBWATCH NOW: How Is "Rhubarb" Used In Baseball?He's back ... our favorite Word of the Day fan helps explain how the word "rhubarb" is used in baseball. Origin of rhubarb1350–1400; Middle English rubarb, reubarb<Old French r(e)ubarbe<Medieval Latin reubarbarum<Greek rhéon bárbaron foreign rhubarb Words nearby rhubarbrhotacism, rhotacize, rhotic, Rh positive, RHS, rhubarb, rhumb, rhumba, rhumbatron, rhumb line, rhumb sailing Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rhubarbBritish Dictionary definitions for rhubarbrhubarb / (ˈruːbɑːb) / nounany 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 the leafstalks of this plant 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 US and Canadian slang a heated discussion or quarrel the noise made by actors to simulate conversation, esp by repeating the word rhubarb at random verbto simulate conversation, esp by repeating the word rhubarb at random Word Origin for rhubarbC14: from Old French reubarbe, from Medieval Latin reubarbum, probably a variant of rha barbarum barbarian rhubarb, from rha rhubarb (from Greek, perhaps from Rha ancient name of the Volga) + Latin barbarus barbarian Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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