noun
rhubarb
ROO-barb/ˈruːbɑːrb/
A plant whose tart stalks are cooked as food.
Rhubarb grows in our garden, and we cook its tart stalks.
Etymology
“Foreign rhubarb” identifies the plant as an import. The English name originally referred to its medicinal rootstock, rather than the tart stalks now used in pies.
In context
rhubarb that was some damn good pie and then uh yeah we got back and i bought rhubarbs like trying to kind of remake it and apparently they aren't sweet
More examples
- She plants rhubarb in a sunny corner of the garden.
- We simmer chopped rhubarb with sugar to make a sauce.
- This strawberry pie gets its tangy flavor from rhubarb.
Forms
rhubarb · rhubarbs