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English noun: rhubarb

1. rhubarb (food) long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened


Synonymspieplant


Broader (hypernym)veg, vegetable, veggie

2. rhubarb (plant) plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous


Synonymsrhubarb plant


Broader (hypernym)herb, herbaceous plant


Narrower (hyponym)Chinese rhubarb, garden rhubarb, Himalayan rhubarb, Indian rhubarb, pie plant, red-veined pie plant, Rheum australe, Rheum cultorum, Rheum emodi, Rheum palmatum, Rheum rhabarbarum, Rheum rhaponticum


Member meronymgenus Rheum, Rheum









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