| 单词 | rhubarb |
| 释义 | rhubarb n. 1. a any of various plants of the genus Rheum, esp. R. rhaponticum, producing long fleshy dark-red leaf-stalks used cooked as food. b the leaf-stalks of this. 2. a a root of a Chinese and Tibetan plant of the genus Rheum. b a purgative made from this. 3. a colloq. a murmurous conversation or noise, esp. the repetition of the word 'rhubarb' by crowd actors. b sl. nonsense; worthless stuff. 4. US sl. a heated dispute. Etymology: ME f. OF r(e)ubarbe, shortening of med.L r(h)eubarbarum, alt. (by assoc. with Gk rheon rhubarb) of rhabarbarum foreign 'rha', ult. f. Gk rha + barbaros foreign |
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