Definition of Chinese rhubarb

1. Noun. Long used for laxative properties.

Exact synonyms: Rheum Palmatum
Generic synonyms: Rhubarb, Rhubarb Plant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinese Rhubarb

Chinese pangolins
Chinese parasol
Chinese parasol tree
Chinese parsley
Chinese pea tree
Chinese pheasant
Chinese pheasants
Chinese primrose
Chinese privet
Chinese puzzle
Chinese puzzles
Chinese ragwort
Chinese red
Chinese reds
Chinese restaurant syndrome
Chinese rhubarb (current term)
Chinese scholar tree
Chinese scholartree
Chinese silk plant
Chinese silver
Chinese snooker
Chinese squeeze
Chinese squeezes
Chinese truffle
Chinese truffles
Chinese unicorn
Chinese unicorns
Chinese water chestnut
Chinese wax
Chinese whispers

Literary usage of Chinese rhubarb

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"English rhubarb root is »U at a cheaper rate thsn the Chinese rhubarb, ... The botanical source of Chinese rhubarb cannot bo said to bave been as yet ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The botanical source of Chinese rhubarb cannot be said to have been as yet ... English rhubarb root is sold at a cheaper rate than the Chinese rhubarb, ..."

3. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1868)
"North-Chinese rhubarb comes to Russia by several routes, chiefly through Siberia to the fair ... South-Chinese rhubarb enters commerce usually from Canton, ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1908)
"Chinese rhubarb—Botanical Source.—In a monograph on rhubarb published in, Professor A. Tschirch, on the basis of careful examinations of commercial rhubarb ..."

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