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Rhubarb

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Meaning

Noun

●
In Buckwheat family plants & Fruits:
Any
of the
Rheum, especially Rheum rhabarbarum, having large
and
or
that are
,
when
(although the
are
poisonous).
●
In Fruits:
The
of common
or
(usually known as Rheum × hybridum), which are long,
, often
, and with a
, used as a food
; they are
with
and made into
or used in
,
, etc.
●
The
and
of Rheum palmatum (Chinese
) or Rheum officinale (Tibetan
), from China, used as a
and purgative.
●
In British English, Aviation, Military, Buckwheat family plants, Fruits & Talking:
A Royal Air Force World War II
for
by
(fighters and
)
to
targets.
●
In Saskatchewan English:
A
or highway.
●
In Theater:
General
by several
, which is
in
,
, etc; by
the
; hence, such
in other settings.
●
In British English & Talking:
Nonsense;
utterance.
●
In American English & Baseball:
An
,
of
, especially at a
event.
●
In American English, Baseball & Talking:
A brawl.

Adj

●
Of the
of
: either brownish-yellow (the
of
and
used for
), or
(often the
of the
of common
).

Verb

●
In British English, Aviation & Military:
Of
: to
at a
opportunistically.
●
In Theater:
Of an
in a
,
, etc.: to
the
to create the
of
; hence, to
, to mumble.
●
In Talking:
To
or
(words or
); to
or
things because one does not
to
, or to
for time.
Sourced from
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Origin

rhubarb
English
arrow
rubarbe
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym

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