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    [Noun]  | "rhu*barb" | \ ˈrü-ˌbärb \


    1: any of a genus (Rheum) of Asian plants of the buckwheat family having large leaves with thick petioles often used as food; also : the petioles of rhubarb

    2: the tart, succulent, usually pink or red petioles of rhubarb used especially in pies and preserves

    3: the dried rhizome and roots of any of various rhubarbs (such as Rheum officinale and R. palmatum) grown chiefly in temperate parts of China and used in folk medicine especially as a laxative, diuretic, and ulcer treatment


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English rubarbe, from Anglo-French reubarbe, from Medieval Latin reubarbarum, alteration of rha barbarum, literally, barbarian rhubarb;

    [Noun]  | "rhubarb" 


    1: an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions;


      * e.g., " ... a basketball coach whose ranting rhubarbs with officials are the stuff of legend "



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     [ "rhubarb" ]

    1: Complete and utter bollocks.

      * e.g.,  ... "Stop talking rhubarb" 

     [ "rhubarb" ]

    1: A dispute or fight in baseball, often escalating to a bench-clearing brawl.

      * e.g.,  ... Zim got caught up in that rhubarb last night; I always knew he had a plate in his head. 


     [ "rhubarb" ]

    2: Also can refer to the aftermath of a bad call from an umpire.


     [ "rhubarb" ]

    3: A fracas.

     [ "rhubarb" ]

    1: Plant typically found growing wild in the City of Ann Arbor, Michigan.

      * e.g.,  ... "Dude, my Abercrombie shirt just fell off the porch and into that patch of rhubarb. Fucking REFS!!!" 

     [ "rhubarb" ]

    1:  A plant with stalks that can only be eaten after being sweetened and cooked and often eaten with other things anyway. Many people have heard of it but never seen it before.

      * e.g.,  ... A rhubarb pie actually has more strawberries than rhubarbs. 

     [ "rhubarb" ]

    1: a) A euphemistic way for calling someone a retard.

      * e.g.,  ... Did you hear about my roommate? He thinks letting a pizza sit means leaving it in the oven for longer. Man, that guy is such a rhubarb. 


     [ "rhubarb" ]

    2: b) One who is severely retarded.

     [ "rhubarb" ]

    1: adjective. Melancholic frustration or sadness associated with the apparent helplessness and inescapability of repetitive or redundant tasks.

      * e.g.,  ... "Man, I've been feeling pretty rhubarb about school lately." 

     [ "rhubarb" ]

    1: A rhubarb is what you get when you go to a massage parlor that gives happy endings. The rhubarb part is the sexual part, the handjob after the massage.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, I went to the Chinese place and got a rhubarb, it was off the hook. Really? I like going to the Russians for a good rhubarb. 

     [ "rhubarb" ]

    1: A word golfers invented to describe the long grasses or other types of plant growth they shoot their ball into.

      * e.g.,  ... Fuck Dave! I my drive went into the fucking rhubarb! 

     [ "rhubarb" ]

    1: something stupid or really bad, bullshit

      * e.g.,  ... She cheated on you?? That's fucking rhubarb! 

     [ "rhubarb" ]

    1: A kind of vegetable that Zara Larsson loves.

      * e.g.,  ... Zara: I fucking love rhubarbs. 

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