rhu·barb /ˈruˌbɑrb/
大黃,大黃的葉柄,調味液之一種
rhu·barb /ˈruˌbɑrb/ 名詞
大黃,大黃屬
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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rhubarb
n 1: long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and
sweetened [syn: pieplant]
2: plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks
growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are
edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous [syn: rhubarb
plant]