Crossword clues for pieplant
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 the Rha. Cf. Barbarous, Rhaponticine.]
(Bot.) The name of several large perennial herbs of the genus Rheum and order Polygonace[ae].
The large and fleshy leafstalks of Rheum Rhaponticum and other species of the same genus. They are pleasantly acid, and are used in cookery. Called also pieplant.
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(Med.) The root of several species of Rheum, used much as a cathartic medicine.
Monk's rhubarb. (Bot.) See under Monk.
Turkey rhubarb (Med.), the roots of Rheum Emodi.
Wiktionary
n. A plant (''Rheum rhaponticum'') whose acid leafstalks are used in making pies; the garden rhubarb.
WordNet
n. long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened [syn: 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.