GENUS RHEUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Rheum mean? 

• GENUS RHEUM (noun)
  The noun GENUS RHEUM has 1 sense:

1. rhubarb

  Familiarity information: GENUS RHEUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS RHEUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rhubarb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Rheum; Rheum

Hypernyms ("genus 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 "genus 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 ("genus 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)