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• rhubarb — late 14c., from O.Fr. rubarbe, from M.L. rheubarbarum, from Gk. rha barbaron foreign rhubarb, from rha rhubarb (associated with Rha, ancient Scythian name of the River Volga) + barbaron, neut. of barbaros foreign. Grown in China and Tibet, it was …   Etymology dictionary

• rhubarb — Word used to describe anywhere you didn t originally intend to be, usually a roadside ditch or somewhere off of a sled or ATV trail. Occasionally, rhubarb functions as a verb. He got goin too fast and put er in the rhubarb or He got goin too fast …   Dictionary of american slang

• rhubarb — Word used to describe anywhere you didn t originally intend to be, usually a roadside ditch or somewhere off of a sled or ATV trail. Occasionally, rhubarb functions as a verb. He got goin too fast and put er in the rhubarb or He got goin too fast …   Dictionary of american slang

• Rhubarb (1969 film) — Infobox Film name = Rhubarb caption = director = Eric Sykes producer = Jon Penington writer = Eric Sykes starring = Harry Secombe Eric Sykes music = Brian Fahey cinematography = Arthur Wooster editing = distributor = released = 1969 runtime = 37… …   Wikipedia

• Rhubarb Rhubarb — Infobox Film name = Rhubarb Rhubarb imdb id = 0081425 writer = Eric Sykes starring = Eric Sykes, Jimmy Edwards, Bob Todd, Charlie Drake director = Eric Sykes producer = David Clark cinematography = Dusty Miller distributor = released = 1980… …   Wikipedia

• rhubarb rhubarb — noun a) Background noise of several conversations , none of which are decipherable since actually all the actors are only repeating the word rhubarb (chosen because it contains no very sharp or recognisable phonemes) or other words with similar… …   Wiktionary

• word — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Written communication Nouns 1. word, term, expression, locution, linguistic unit or form, word form, lexeme; homonym, synonym, antonym, heteronym, homophone; syllable, monosyllable, polysyllable; stem,… …   English dictionary for students

• rhubarb — /ˈrubab / (say roohbahb) noun 1. any of the herbs constituting the polygonaceous genus Rheum, as R. officinale, a plant with a medicinal rhizome, and R. rhaponticum, a garden plant with edible leafstalks. 2. the rhizome of any medicinal species… …  

• rhubarb — n. 1 a any of various plants of the genus Rheum, esp. R. rhaponticum, producing long fleshy dark red leaf stalks used cooked as food. b the leaf stalks of this. 2 a a root of a Chinese and Tibetan plant of the genus Rheum. b a purgative made from …   Useful english dictionary

• rhubarb — rhu|barb [ˈru:ba:b US a:rb] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: reubarbe, from Medieval Latin reubarbarum, from rha rhubarb (from Greek) + barbarus foreign ] 1.) a plant with broad leaves. It has thick red stems that can be cooked and… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• rhubarb — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. A discussion, often heated, in which a difference of opinion is expressed: altercation, argument, bicker, clash, contention, controversy, debate, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, fight, polemic, quarrel,… …   English dictionary for students