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Answer for the clue "Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened ", 8 letters:
pieplant

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened [syn: rhubarb ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rhubarb \Rhu"barb\, n. [F. rhubarbe, OF. rubarbe, rheubarbe, reubarbare, reobarbe, LL. rheubarbarum for rheum barbarum, Gr. ??? (and ??) rhubarb, from the river Rha (the Volga) on whose banks it grew. Originally, therefore, it was the barbarian plant from ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A plant (''Rheum rhaponticum'') whose acid leafstalks are used in making pies; the garden rhubarb.

Usage examples of pieplant.

It was empty now of garbage but filled with buckets of gruel and water and baskets of potatoes and cabbages and turnips and the fruits of sausage bushes and pieplants and.