Англо-русский словарь - rhubarb
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1. бот. ревень Rheum gen.) 2. корень ревеня 3. цвет ревеня, желтовато-коричневый цвет 4. ам. сл. горячий спор; спор на поле во время бейсбольного матча; разг. перебранка, перепалка 5. театр. звукоподрожат. шум за сценой, неясный шум толпы; имитация неразборчивого разговора и т. п. ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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ревень (Rheum) – bog rhubarb – currant rhubarb – medicinal rhubarb – pontic rhubarb – poor man's rhubarb ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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n. 1 a any of various plants of the genus Rheum, esp. R. rhaponticum, producing long fleshy dark-red leaf-stalks used cooked as food. b the leaf-stalks of this. 2 a a root of a Chinese and Tibetan plant of the genus Rheum. b a purgative made from this. 3 a colloq. a murmurous conversation or noise, esp. the repetition of the word 'rhubarb' by crowd actors. b sl. nonsense; worthless stuff. 4 US sl. a heated dispute. Etymology: ME f. OF r(e)ubarbe, shortening of med.L r(h)eubarbarum, alt. (by assoc. with Gk rheon rhubarb) of rhabarbarum foreign 'rha', ult. f. Gk rha + barbaros foreign ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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noun Etymology: Middle English rubarbe, from Anglo-French reubarbe, from Medieval Latin reubarbarum, alteration of rha barbarum, literally, barbarian ~ Date: 15th century 1. any of a genus (Rheum) of Asian plants of the buckwheat family having large leaves with thick succulent petioles often used as food; also the petioles of ~ 2. the dried rhizome and roots of any of several ~s (as Rheum officinale and R. palmatum) grown in China and Tibet and used as a purgative and stomachic 3. a heated dispute or controversy RHUMB LINE noun Etymology: Spanish rumbo Date: 1669 a line on the surface of the earth that follows a single compass bearing and makes equal oblique angles with all meridians — called also loxodrome ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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Rhubarb is a plant with large leaves and long red stems. You can cook the stems with sugar to make jam or puddings. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 a plant with broad leaves and a thick red stem that can be eaten 2 spoken a word used by actors to make a sound like many people talking 3 AmE old-fashioned a noisy argument ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1390, from O.Fr. rubarbe, from M.L. rheubarbarum, from Gk. rha barbaron "foreign rhubarb," from rha "rhubarb" (associated with Rha, ancient name of the River Volga) + barbaron, neut. of barbaros "foreign." Spelling altered in M.L. by association with rheum. Baseball slang meaning "loud squabble on the field" is from 1938, of unknown origin, said to have been first used by broadcaster Garry Schumacher. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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