| 单词 | rhubarb |
| 释义 | rhubarb /rooh"bahrb/, n. 1. 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. 2. the rhizome of any medicinal species of this plant, forming a combined cathartic and astringent. 3. the edible, fleshy leafstalks of R. rhabarbarum, used in making pies, preserves, etc. 4. Slang. a quarrel or squabble. [1350-1400; ME rubarb, reubarb < OF r(e)ubarbe < ML reubarbarum < Gk rhéon bárbaron foreign rhubarb] |
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