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rhaponticn.adj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin reuponticum, rhaponticum, raponticum. Etymology: In α. and β. forms < post-classical Latin reuponticum (a636 in Isidore; frequently from 12th cent. in British sources; compare earlier reoponticum (c400), reum ponticum (6th cent.)), probably < Hellenistic Greek ῥῆον ποντικόν (usually in genitive ῥήου Ποντικοῦ ), in Byzantine Greek also ῥέον ποντικὸν < ῥῆον rhubarb (see Rheum n.2) + ancient Greek ποντικόν , neuter of ποντικός Pontic adj.1 In γ. and δ. forms < post-classical Latin rhaponticum (6th cent. as raponticum) < rha rha n. + classical Latin Ponticum , neuter of Ponticus Pontic adj.1, after Hellenistic Greek ῥᾶ ποντικόν (compare classical Latin rādīx Pontica , Celsus). Compare post-classical Latin reubarbarum rhubarb n. Compare Middle French reupontic (c1450), rheupontique (1583), French †rhupontique (1611 in Cotgrave), also Middle French, French rhapontic (16th cent.), Old Occitan reupontic (c1220), Italian reupontico (a1347 as reopontico ; also 15th cent. as rapontico ), Middle Low German repontik , reponticum . Compare Pontic rhubarb n. at Pontic adj.1 and n.1 Compounds, and compare also rhubarb n.With sense A. 2 compare Middle French reupontic, rapontic (both 1562) denoting a variety of knapweed. In forms reupontici, rapontici after the Latin genitive. Now rare. A. n.the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > stalk vegetables > garden rhubarb ?c1425 Recipe in (Arun. 334) (1790) 473 (MED) Take ginger, canel..croci, rubarbi, reupontici, of ichone nine pennyweight. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens iii. x. 329 The roote of Rha Ponticke..cureth the vile white scurffe. 1582 (new ed.) sig. E v Rhaponticum the pound ii.s. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus xxii. vii. 198 Neere unto this is the river Rha, on the sides whereof groweth a comfortable and holsom root so named [margin. Rha-Ponticke: and not Rhabarbarum or Rhewbarbe]. 1652 P. Heylyn iii. sig. Qqq5v A medicinable and wholesome root..which the Physicians call Rha, by the name of the River, and for distinctions sake Rha Pontick, to difference it from Rhubarb, or Rha Barbarum, as of a different nature from it, this last being purgative, and the other more apt to bind. 1693 (Royal Soc.) 17 933 That the Rhabarbarum of Alpinus, which in our Gardens is called Rubarb, is the true Rupontick. 1724 49 True Raphontick, or English Rhubarb. 1763 S. T. Janssen 114 This Rhapontick..is a Root so very much resembling Rhubarb..that it is very common to export the same as Rhubarb. 1802 F. W. Blagdon tr. P. S. Pallas I. 138 Our rhapontic, or rhubarb of the steppe, is no other than the Rheum Ribes. 1813 J. M. Good et al. at Rhaponticum The rhapontic..is more adstringent than rhubarb. 1838 J. Lindley 358 There is no difficulty in recognising it by..its smell of ‘rhapontic’. 1878 11 326 Rhubarb with powdered rhapontic and other allied roots. 1920 H. G. Greenish (ed. 3) viii. 369 This variety has lately been imported from China; it closely resembles English rhapontic but is usually darker. the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > greater centaury 1548 W. Turner sig. C.i Centaurium magnum..is called of the Poticaries Ruponticum, and in Englishe Rupontike. ?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI sig. R.viii Rewponticke is a singular remedye agaynst Feuers. 1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli i. f. 40 Take freshe and greene Rhaponticum, which is the herbe and rote called the more and great Centorie. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny II. xxvi. viii. 250 The greater Centaurie, commonly called Rhapontick. 1617 J. Mosan tr. C. Wirsung 2nd Table It is..called with vs pontish Rubarbe, to distinguish it from the roote of the great Centorie, which we do commonly call Rapontica. the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygonaceae (dock and allies) > [noun] 1728 E. Chambers at Rhaponticum The Mountain Rhapontic, or Monk's Rhubarb. 1738 E. Chambers (ed. 2) at Rhaponticum The scarcity of the rhaponticum of the Levant, occasions the mountain rhaponticum, or monk's rhubarb, to be frequently substituted for it, which is a wild sort of lapathum, by botanists called alpinum. 1830 1 142 The latter [sc. rumex Alpinus] still bears the vulgar name of rhubarb of the monks, and rhapontic of the mountain. B. adj.the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [adjective] > of or resembling particular stalk vegetables 1758 R. Dossie 371 The true rhubarb may be distinguished from the rhapontic..by the grain and colour. 1820 R. Hooper Rheum rhaponticum, the systematic name of the rhapontic rhubarb. 1847 W. Darlington 142 Rhapontic Rheum..Pie Rhubarb. 1864 A. Stillé 424 Rhapontic rhubarb possessed no purgative qualities, but was used as a stimulant astringent. 1915 H. Kraemer 238 Rhapontic rhubarb contains a crystalline glucoside rhaponticin. 2004 B. E. van Wyk & M. Wink 270/1 Rhapontic rhubarb (Rheum rhaponticum) is no longer recommended. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.adj.?c1425 |
