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Word: rhubarb (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • An excited, angry exchange of words, especially at a sporting event.
  • Any leaves and long green or reddish acidic leafstalks, that are edible, in particular when cooked (although the leaves are mildly poisonous).
  • A word repeated softly to emulate background conversation. (''see rhubarb rhubarb'').
  • baseball A brawl.
  • military An RAF World War II code name for operations by aircraft (fighters and fighter bombers) seeking opportunity targets.
  • The dried rhizome and roots of ''R. palmatum'' or ''R. officinale'', from China, used as a laxative and purgative.

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