pieplant
n . 大黄
大黄
pieplant n 1 :
long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened [
synonym : {
pieplant }, {
rhubarb }]
Pieplant \
Pie "
plant `\,
n . (
Bot .)
A plant ({
Rheum Rhaponticum })
the leafstalks of which are acid ,
and are used in making pies ;
the garden rhubarb .
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Piepoudre
Rhubarb \
Rhu "
barb \,
n . [
F .
rhubarbe ,
OF .
rubarbe ,
rheubarbe ,
reubarbare ,
reobarbe ,
LL .
rheubarbarum for rheum barbarum ,
Gr . ??? (
and ??)
rhubarb ,
from the river Rha (
the Volga )
on whose banks it grew .
Originally ,
therefore ,
it was the barbarian plant from the Rha .
Cf . {
Barbarous },
{
Rhaponticine }.]
1 . (
Bot .)
The name of several large perennial herbs of the genus {
Rheum }
and order {
Polygonaceae }.
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2 .
The large and fleshy leafstalks of {
Rheum Rhaponticum }
and other species of the same genus .
They are pleasantly acid ,
and are used in cookery .
Called also {
pieplant }.
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3 . (
Med .)
The root of several species of {
Rheum },
used much as a cathartic medicine .
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{
Monk '
s rhubarb }. (
Bot .)
See under {
Monk }.
{
Turkey rhubarb } (
Med .),
the roots of {
Rheum Emodi }.
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