Word: rheum
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Rhubarb (as defined by the Random House College Dictionary--a must for the true Harvard sports fan of 1959): 1. any polygonaceous herb of the genus Rheum, as R. officinale, having a medicinal rhizome, and R. Rhaponticum, having edible leafstalks. (No, that's not it.) 2. the rhizome of any medicinal species of this plant, forming a combined cathartic and astringent. (That ain't it, either.) 3. the edible fleshy leafstalks of any of the garden species. (That's gross) 4. U.S. Slang. a quarrel or a squabble. (Bingo...