Rhubarb
noun
A plant with large leaves and red stalks that are cooked and used in pies, jams, etc.
She made a delicious rhubarb pie for dessert.
Often appears as...
- rhubarb pie
- rhubarb jam
noun
A heated argument or dispute.
The council meeting turned into a rhubarb over budget allocations.
Often appears as...
- start a rhubarb
- into a rhubarb
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Disapproving
noun
Nonsense talk or noise made by actors on stage to give the impression of background chatter.
The actors in the background were creating rhubarb to simulate the noise of a busy market.
Often appears as...
- create a rhubarb
- simulate rhubarb
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Technical
noun
A plant with large leaves and red stalks that are cooked and used in pies, jams, etc.
She made a delicious rhubarb pie for dessert.
Often appears as...
- rhubarb pie
- rhubarb jam
noun
A heated argument or dispute.
The council meeting turned into a rhubarb over budget allocations.
Often appears as...
- start a rhubarb
- into a rhubarb
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
Nonsense talk or noise made by actors on stage to give the impression of background chatter.
The actors in the background were creating rhubarb to simulate the noise of a busy market.
Often appears as...
- create a rhubarb
- simulate rhubarb
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Edible Stalks
Rhubarb is known for its edible stalks, which contrast its large, inedible leaves.
Only the stalks of rhubarb are used for cooking; the leaves are poisonous.
Pro Tip 2/3Tart Flavor
Rhubarb has a strong tart taste, often sweetened in recipes.
Because rhubarb is very tart, we need to add extra sugar to the jam.
Pro Tip 3/3Seasonal Ingredient
Rhubarb is a seasonal plant, associated with spring and early summer recipes.
I'm excited for spring so I can make fresh rhubarb pies again.
Pro Tip 1/3Edible Stalks
Rhubarb is known for its edible stalks, which contrast its large, inedible leaves.
Only the stalks of rhubarb are used for cooking; the leaves are poisonous.
Pro Tip 2/3Tart Flavor
Rhubarb has a strong tart taste, often sweetened in recipes.
Because rhubarb is very tart, we need to add extra sugar to the jam.
Pro Tip 3/3Seasonal Ingredient
Rhubarb is a seasonal plant, associated with spring and early summer recipes.
I'm excited for spring so I can make fresh rhubarb pies again.
Pro Tip 1/3Edible Stalks
Rhubarb is known for its edible stalks, which contrast its large, inedible leaves.
Only the stalks of rhubarb are used for cooking; the leaves are poisonous.
Pro Tip 2/3Tart Flavor
Rhubarb has a strong tart taste, often sweetened in recipes.
Because rhubarb is very tart, we need to add extra sugar to the jam.
Pro Tip 3/3Seasonal Ingredient
Rhubarb is a seasonal plant, associated with spring and early summer recipes.
I'm excited for spring so I can make fresh rhubarb pies again.
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We Are What We Eat:...
You might as well be on the moon. You know you are way above tree line Nothing grows except grass and two tiny things in summer for about a month-month and a half. You will get rhubarb and white onions. If you are vegetarian, it will be a slow death. And so grass feeds the animal,
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What causes kidney...
Foods like potato chips, spinach, rhubarb, and beets are high in oxalate, so doctors might advise limiting them. Even though calcium is often found in stones, calcium in foods and beverages can actually help
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The Celebrity Panda PIPE...
a tedious obsession with my personal business you know matters of the fur boudoir rhubarb i've said too much it's a private matter
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We Are What We Eat:...
You might as well be on the moon. You know you are way above tree line Nothing grows except grass and two tiny things in summer for about a month-month and a half. You will get rhubarb and white onions. If you are vegetarian, it will be a slow death. And so grass feeds the animal,
Video examples
What causes kidney...
Foods like potato chips, spinach, rhubarb, and beets are high in oxalate, so doctors might advise limiting them. Even though calcium is often found in stones, calcium in foods and beverages can actually help
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The Celebrity Panda PIPE...
a tedious obsession with my personal business you know matters of the fur boudoir rhubarb i've said too much it's a private matter
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Quote examples
Paul Hollywood
English Chef
When my career in hotels was taking off in the Nineties, I went to work as a head baker in Cyprus, where I was making Danish pastries every day. I can remember that the head chef was always on my back to put more seasonal fruits in with the creme patissiere. I'd even make them with rhubarb.
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Johnny Iuzzini
American Chef
I love pies of all types. I especially love rhubarb. I grew up with rhubarb growing on our property, and my mom would make rhubarb pies and jam. I have to admit, though, my earliest memories of rhubarb were not fond ones, but over time, I grew to love it.
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Groucho Marx
American Comedian
Well, Art is Art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now you tell me what you know.
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Diego Klattenhoff
Canadian Actor
I got two older brothers and two younger sisters, and we grew up in the country, and we were a little feral. So as long as the car didn't end up in the rhubarb and you didn't get caught for doing whatever you were doing, you were fine.
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Bill Dedman
American Journalist
John Glenn's father, known as Herschel, was mostly deaf from injuries in World War I. To help out at home, young Glenn sold rhubarb all over town from the family garden.
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Sebastian Faulks
British Novelist
If I could eat only one thing for the rest of my life, it would be rhubarb fool, which I make with ginger and a hint of elderflower cordial.
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Hugh Dennis
We had an enormous rhubarb patch at home and my mother forced me to eat that stuff without any sugar for most of my childhood.
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Paul Hollywood
English Chef
When my career in hotels was taking off in the Nineties, I went to work as a head baker in Cyprus, where I was making Danish pastries every day. I can remember that the head chef was always on my back to put more seasonal fruits in with the creme patissiere. I'd even make them with rhubarb.
Quote examples
Johnny Iuzzini
American Chef
I love pies of all types. I especially love rhubarb. I grew up with rhubarb growing on our property, and my mom would make rhubarb pies and jam. I have to admit, though, my earliest memories of rhubarb were not fond ones, but over time, I grew to love it.
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Groucho Marx
American Comedian
Well, Art is Art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now you tell me what you know.
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Diego Klattenhoff
Canadian Actor
I got two older brothers and two younger sisters, and we grew up in the country, and we were a little feral. So as long as the car didn't end up in the rhubarb and you didn't get caught for doing whatever you were doing, you were fine.
Quote examples
Bill Dedman
American Journalist
John Glenn's father, known as Herschel, was mostly deaf from injuries in World War I. To help out at home, young Glenn sold rhubarb all over town from the family garden.
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Sebastian Faulks
British Novelist
If I could eat only one thing for the rest of my life, it would be rhubarb fool, which I make with ginger and a hint of elderflower cordial.
Quote examples
Hugh Dennis
We had an enormous rhubarb patch at home and my mother forced me to eat that stuff without any sugar for most of my childhood.
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