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INDIAN RHUBARB

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Asian herb (Himalayas)

Synonyms:

Himalayan rhubarb; Indian rhubarb; red-veined pie plant; Rheum australe; Rheum emodi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Indian rhubarb" is a kind of...):

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)

Holonyms ("Indian rhubarb" is a member of...):

genus Rheum; Rheum (rhubarb)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stems; colonizes stream banks in the Sierra Nevada in California

Synonyms:

Darmera peltata; Indian rhubarb; Peltiphyllum peltatum; umbrella plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Indian rhubarb" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("Indian rhubarb" is a member of...):

Darmera; genus Darmera; genus Peltiphyllum; Peltiphyllum (one species)

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