chinese rhubarb

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   long used for laxative properties

   SynonymsRheum palmatum

   Broaderrhubarb

Questions about chinese rhubarb

What does chinese rhubarb mean?

chinese rhubarb means "long used for laxative properties".

What is another word for chinese rhubarb?

Close synonyms include Rheum palmatum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chinese rhubarb a common word?

chinese rhubarb is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.