CHINESE RHUBARB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chinese rhubarb mean? 

• CHINESE RHUBARB (noun)
  The noun CHINESE RHUBARB has 1 sense:

1. long used for laxative properties

  Familiarity information: CHINESE RHUBARB used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHINESE RHUBARB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Long used for laxative properties

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chinese rhubarb; Rheum palmatum

Hypernyms ("Chinese rhubarb" is a kind of...):

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)

 Context examples 

Also called Chinese rhubarb, da-huang, rhubarb, and Turkish rhubarb.

(Indian rhubarb, NCI Dictionary)

Also called Chinese rhubarb, Indian rhubarb, rhubarb, and Turkish rhubarb.

(Da-huang, NCI Dictionary)