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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rheic  \Rhe"ic\,  a.  [NL.  Rheum  rhubarb,  Gr  ???  See  {Rhubarb}.] 
  (Chem.) 
  Pertaining  to  or  designating,  an  acid  (commonly  called 
  chrysophanic  acid)  found  in  rhubarb  ({Rheum}).  [Obsoles.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rheum  \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}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rheum  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}.] 
  1.  (Bot.)  The  name  of  several  large  perennial  herbs  of  the 
  genus  {Rheum}  and  order  {Polygonace[ae]}. 
 
  2.  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}. 
 
  3.  (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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Rheum 
  n  :  rhubarb  [syn:  {Rheum},  {genus  Rheum}] 




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