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    GENUS RHEUM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Rhubarbplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Rheum; Rheum

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Rheum" is a kind of...):

    dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Rheum"):

    rhubarb; rhubarb plant (plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous)

    Himalayan rhubarb; Indian rhubarb; red-veined pie plant; Rheum australe; Rheum emodi (Asian herb (Himalayas))

    Holonyms ("genus Rheum" is a member of...):

    buckwheat family; family Polygonaceae; Polygonaceae (a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats)

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