Rhubarb

Sour leaf culinair vegetable red rhubarb growing in garden

Rheum hybridum

Synonyms:
Da Huang
Rhubarb (Wiktionary)

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹuːbɑːb/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹuˌbɑɹb/
  • Hyphenation: rhu‧barb

Etymology 1

From Middle English rubarbe, from Anglo-Norman reubarbe (modern French rhubarbe), from Late Latin reubarbarum, rheubarbarum, rubarbera, rybarba, probably from Koine Greek ῥῆον βάρβαρον (rhêon bárbaron), from

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