RHEUM: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
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| | Definition: | | [n] rhubarb |
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| | Synonyms: | | genus Rheum |
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| | See Also: | | buckwheat family, dicot genus, family Polygonaceae, Himalayan rhubarb, Indian rhubarb, magnoliopsid genus, Polygonaceae, red-veined pie plant, Rheum australe, Rheum emodi, rhubarb, rhubarb plant | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Rhe"um\ (r[=e]"[u^]m), n. [NL., from L. Rha the river
Volga, on the banks of which it grows. See {Rhubarb}.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants. See {Rhubarb}.
\Rheum\ (r[udd]m), n. [OF. reume, rheume, F. rhume a
cold,, L. rheuma rheum, from Gr. ???, fr. "rei^n to flow,
akin to E. stream. See {Stream}, n., and cf. {Hemorrhoids}.]
(Med.)
A serous or mucous discharge, especially one from the eves or
nose.
I have a rheum in mine eyes too. --Shak.
{Salt rheum}. (Med.) See {Salt rheum}, in the Vocab.
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