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rhubarb

noun rhu·barb \ˈrü-ˌbärb\

Medical Definition of RHUBARB

1
:  any of several plants of the genus Rheum having large leaves with thick succulent petioles often used as food
2
:  the dried rhizome and roots of any of several rhubarbs (especially Rheum officinale and R. palmatum) grown in China and Tibet and used as a purgative and stomachic

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