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A word repeated softly to emulate background conversation. (see rhubarb rhubarb)

Such business...is often introduced in some kind of ‘dumb show', either in silence or accompanied by music or indecipherable stage noise (‘rhubarb', etc.).

An excited, angry exchange of words, especially at a sporting event

Speaking by telephone from his desert home near Palm Springs, California, he told a reporter in Philadelphia: I don't want to be around when there's a rhubarb going on.

An RAF World War II code name for operations by aircraft (fighters and fighter bombers) seeking opportunity targets

The idea was to take full advantage of low cloud and poor visibility and slip sections of Spitfires across the coast and then let-down below the cloud to search for opportunity targets.

Any plant of the genus Rheum, especially R. rharbarbarum, having large leaves and long green or reddish acidic leafstalks, that are edible, in particular when cooked (although the leaves are mildly poisonous)

I'm thinking about planting a row of rhubarb this year. What do you think? You always used to love my rhubarb bread..

A brawl

Spoke relished confrontations with umpires, never backing down from a rhubarb. Teammates marveled at his capacity to yell so hard his face would turn blue.

The dried rhizome and roots of R. palmatum or R. officinale, from China, used as a laxative and purgative

Long before this, the Emperor Shennung (c2700 BC) was recommending the use of rhubarb.

{n} a medicinal purgative root
Rheum rhabarbarum or Rhubarb is a species of plant in the family Polygonaceae
{i} any of several varieties of edible plant from the genus Rheum (used as a food and medication); argument, squabble (Slang)
a vegetable with pink stems usually stewed with sugar and eaten as a dessert
Also known as pie plant (this was to designate its major use) It is a perennial form of "buckwheat," cultivated for its stalks The roots and leaves of the edible rhubarb contain oxalic acid and are considered toxic or poisonous The varieties include Canada red, crimson red, flare, MacDonald, valentine, and victoria
A celery-like vegetable we treat as a fruit (in fact a court case once decided it was a fruit) Never eat the leaves of a rhubarb, which contain poisonous levels of oxalic acid
Any plant of the genus Rheum, especially R. Rharbarbarum, having large leaves and long green or reddish acidic leafstalks; the stems are edible, in particular when cooked (although the leaves are mildly poisonous)
cleanses the intestines, has astringent and antiseptic properties
The root of several species of Rheum, used much as a cathartic medicine
a heated dispute involving many players from both teams, often resulting in fisticuffs
Definition three is attributed to the practice by Charles Keans theatre company c1852 at Princess Theatre, London of actors supposed to be talking together inaudibly, repetitively saying the word rhubarb, which was chosen because it does not have any harsh-sounding consonants or clear vowels. The usage has since broadened as noted at rhubarb rhubarb
Called also pieplant
plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous
(Rheum rhaponticum) A polygonaceous herb having a medicinal rhizome, forming a combined cathartic and astringent effect, having edible leafstalks used in making pies, preserves etc A foregone conclusion in the garden; called the "pie plant " The medicinal rhubarb came originally from China The Berbers or Moors disclosed its cathartic properties and attached their name to the original "rha" to make the common name [Leighton, 473]
Definition five appears to have developed by extension from definition 4, since it has no relevance to the original stage usage on either continent
They are pleasantly acid, and are used in cookery
The large and fleshy leafstalks of Rheum Rhaponticum and other species of the same genus
long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened
A word repeated softly to emulate background conversation. see rhubarb rhubarb
{ü} nonsense! no way!
The name of several large perennial herbs of the genus Rheum and order Polygonaceæ
(ROO-barb) - Also known as pie plant (this was to designate its major use) It is a perennial form of "buckwheat," cultivated for its stalks The roots and leaves of the edible rhubarb contain oxalic acid and are considered toxic or poisonous The varieties include Canada red, crimson red, flare, MacDonald, valentine, and victoria
The rhubarb is a very tart member of the buckwheat family It is generally eaten as a fruit but is actually a vegetable It is used in sauces, jams, and desserts Rhubarb leaves contain the toxin "oxalic acid" and should not be eaten
Rhubarb is a plant with large leaves and long red stems. You can cook the stems with sugar to make jam or puddings. Any of several species of the genus Rheum (family Polygonaceae), especially R. rhaponticum (or R. rhabarbarum), a hardy perennial grown for its large, succulent, edible leafstalks. Rhubarb is best adapted to the cooler parts of the temperate zones. The fleshy, tart, and highly acid leafstalks are used in pies, compotes and preserves, and sometimes as the base of a wine or an aperitif. The roots withstand cold well. The huge leaves that unfold in early spring are toxic to cattle and humans; later in the season a large central flower stalk may bear numerous small, greenish-white flowers and angular, winged fruits. Rhubarb root has long been considered to have cathartic and purgative properties
Definition four is attributed to baseball commentator Red Barber c1940. He claimed to have based the usage on the practice in "early radio dramas" (presumably in the US c1930) of actors repetitively voicing "rhubarb". However, unlike the UK usage, he felt the practice applied to muttering by an angry mob, so applied the word to arguments on the baseball field where he could not distinguish the words
rheum
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Background noise of several "conversations", none of which are decipherable since actually all the actors are only repeating the word rhubarb (chosen because it contains no very sharp or recognisable phonemes) or other words with similar attributes. In UK use there is no implication that the "conversations" are intended to be angry, though they may be

film stage direction) Pan to a shot of the crowd of humanists surging forward and murmuring Rhubarb, rhubarb.

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Blah blah; etc, etc

All tutors and examiners are familiar with the essay which begins, in effect, 'All the poets of the seventeenth century said, Rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb, and in this Marvell was no exception.'.

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Speech which is undecipherable to the listener because it is in a language he doesn't understand; mumbo jumbo

I heard my name amongst so much mumbo jumbo. “Rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb, Robert.”.

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Alternative form of rhubarb rhubarb
rhubarb pie
pie containing diced rhubarb and much sugar
chinese rhubarb
long used for laxative properties
himalayan rhubarb
Asian herb (Himalayas)
rhubarb

    Расстановка переносов

    rhu·barb

    Турецкое произношение

    rubärb

    Произношение

    /ˈro͞oˌbärb/ /ˈruːˌbɑːrb/

    Этимология

    [ 'rü-"bärb ] (noun.) 15th century. From Middle English rubarbe, from Old French, from Late Latin reubarbarum, from Latin Rha (“River Volga”) (in the region from which the plant came to the Mediterraneum, cognate with New Latin Rheum) + barbarum (“barbarian”)
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