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RHEUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rheum mean? 

RHEUM (noun)
  The noun RHEUM has 2 senses:

1. a watery discharge from the mucous membranes (especially from the eyes or nose)play

2. rhubarbplay

  Familiarity information: RHEUM used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RHEUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A watery discharge from the mucous membranes (especially from the eyes or nose)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("rheum" is a kind of...):

discharge; emission (a substance that is emitted or released)

Derivation:

rheumy (moist, damp, wet (especially of air))


Sense 2

Meaning:

Rhubarb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Rheum; Rheum

Hypernyms ("Rheum" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Rheum"):

rhubarb; rhubarb plant (plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous)

Himalayan rhubarb; Indian rhubarb; red-veined pie plant; Rheum australe; Rheum emodi (Asian herb (Himalayas))

Holonyms ("Rheum" is a member of...):

buckwheat family; family Polygonaceae; Polygonaceae (a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats)


 Context examples 


The scientific name is Rheum palmatum or Rheum officinale.

(Chinese rhubarb, NCI Dictionary)

An herbal formula containing burdock root (Arctium lappa), Turkey rhubarb root (Rheum palmatum), sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella), and slippery elm bark (Ulmus fulva) with potential immunostimulating, anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor activities.

(Essiac, NCI Thesaurus)



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