This particular word has two meanings, a gardenvegetable and an angry dispute. What is the word?
2007-05-26 01:40:46 · 3 answers · asked by ca_clevesy 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
rhubarb
2007-05-26 01:48:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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Main Entry: rhu·barb
Pronunciation: 'rü-"bärb
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English rubarbe, from Anglo-French reubarbe, from Medieval Latin reubarbarum, alteration of rha barbarum, literally, barbarian rhubarb
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 rhubarb
2 : the dried rhizome and roots of any of several rhubarbs (as Rheum officinale and R. palmatum) grown in China and Tibet and used as a purgative and stomachic
3 : a heated dispute or controversy
2007-05-26 01:50:40 · answer #2 · answered by 2007_Shelby_GT500 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rhubarb!
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2007-05-26 01:49:49 · answer #3 · answered by Sci Fi Insomniac 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋