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 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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 Rhu·barb n.
 1. Bot. The name of several large perennial herbs of the genus Rheum and order Polygonaceae.
 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.
 3. Med. The root of several species of Rheum, used much as a cathartic medicine.
 Monk's rhubarb. Bot. See under Monk.
 Turkey rhubarb Med., the roots of Rheum Emodi.
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 Rheum rhaponticum
      n : long-cultivated hybrid of Rheum palmatum; stems often cooked
          in pies or as sauce or preserves [syn: pie plant, garden
          rhubarb, Rheum cultorum, Rheum rhabarbarum]