rhubarb
Of the colour of rhubarb: either brownish-yellow, or pale redOf the colour of rhubarb: either brownish-yellow (the colour of rhubarb rhizomes and roots used for medicinal purposes), or pale red (often the colour of the leafstalks of common rhubarb).
» Have you ever made rhubarb jam?
Hast du schon einmal Rhabarbermarmelade gemacht? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Habt ihr schon einmal Rhabarbermarmelade gemacht? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Haben Sie schon einmal Rhabarbermarmelade gemacht? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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1 senses(not comparable)Of the colour of rhubarb: either brownish-yellow (the colour of rhubarb rhizomes and roots used for medicinal purposes), or pale red (often the colour of the leafstalks of common rhubarb).
Examples
11 sentencesHave you ever made rhubarb jam?
deHast du schon einmal Rhabarbermarmelade gemacht? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I like strawberry and rhubarb pie.
Tonight we're having lettuce with rhubarb.
deHeute Abend gibt es Salat mit Rhabarber. — Tom9358
He got drunk on homemade rhubarb wine.
I prefer rhubarb pie to apricot pie.
deIch mag lieber Rhabarber- als Aprikosenkuchen. — MUIRIEL
Origin
From Middle English rubarbe, from Anglo-Norman reubarbe (modern French rhubarbe), from LatFrom Middle English rubarbe, from Anglo-Norman reubarbe (modern French rhubarbe), from Late Latin reubarbarum, rheubarbarum, rubarbera, rybarba, probably from Koine Greek ῥῆον βαρβαρικόν (rhêon barbarikón), from ῥῆον (rhêon, “rhubarb”) + Ancient Greek βαρβαρικόν (barbarikón), neuter of βαρβαρικός (barbarikós, “foreign; barbaric”) (English barbaric).
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