Rhubarb

  • 41rhubarb — Any plant of the genus Rheum (family Polygonaceae), especially R. rhaponticum, garden r., and R. officinale or R. palmatum; the last two species or their hybrids, deprived of periderm tissues, dried, and powdered, are used for their astringent,… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 42rhubarb — Synonyms and related words: Bedlam let loose, Irish potato, Kraut, altercation, apologetics, apologia, apology, argument, argumentation, aubergine, barney, beans, bedlam, beef, bicker, bickering, blast, bobbery, brawl, brouhaha, cabbage,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 43Rhubarb — 1. confused gabbling noise, as of people talking in the background; 2. nonsense; rubbish …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 44rhubarb — Australian Slang 1. confused gabbling noise, as of people talking in the background; 2. nonsense; rubbish …

    English dialects glossary

  • 45Rhubarb — Rheum (E) …

    EthnoBotanical Dictionary

  • 46rhubarb — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. A discussion, often heated, in which a difference of opinion is expressed: altercation, argument, bicker, clash, contention, controversy, debate, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, fight, polemic, quarrel,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 47rhubarb — rhu|barb [ ru,barb ] noun uncount a plant with long red or pink stems that people cook and eat as a fruit …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 48rhubarb — rhu·barb || ruːbÉ‘rb / bɑːb interj. nonsense! no way! n. any of several varieties of edible plant from the genus Rheum (used as a food and medication); argument, squabble (Slang) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 49rhubarb — noun 1 (U) a plant with broad leaves and a thick red stem that can be eaten 2 (U) spoken a word used by actors to make a sound like many people talking 3 (C) AmE old fashioned a noisy argument …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 50rhubarb — rhu·barb …

    English syllables