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

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The leafstalks of common rhubarb or garden rhubarb (usually known as Rheum × hybridum), which are long, fleshy, often pale red, and with a tart taste, used as a food ingredient; they are frequently stewed with sugar and made into jam or used in crumbles, pies, etc.

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The dried rhizome and roots of Rheum palmatum (Chinese rhubarb) or Rheum officinale (Tibetan rhubarb), from China, used as a laxative and purgative.

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A Royal Air Force World War II code name for operations by aircraft (fighters and fighter-bombers) involving low-level flight to seek opportunistic targets.

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Of fighter aircraft: to fire at a target opportunistically.

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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).

In the highlands of Kabul edible rhubarb is an important local luxury.

If asparagus or rhubarb is wanted for winter use, it should be taken up and stowed away in pit, frame, shed or cellar for a month or two.

Upon the exposed mountain slopes a species of rhubarb (Rheum Ribes) is noticeable.

Bleached and unbleached rhubarb are both largely consumed, both raw and cooked.

Continue the forcing of asparagus, rhubarb and sea-kale, in pits and in the mushroom-house.

Fruit-trees will not thrive; but black and red currants and rhubarb are grown, the last-named doing excellently.

Upon the exposed mountain slopes a species of rhubarb (Rheum Ribes) is noticeable, and also a vetch (Vicia canescens) excellent for sheep. The spring vegetation, which lasts until July, appears to be rich, especially as regards showy plants, such as Corydalis, Gagea, Colchicum, Puschkinia, Geranium, Ornithogalum, &c. The flora of the highest ridges, along the edges of the snow patches, exhibits no forms related to the northern alpine flora, but suggestions of it are found in a Draba, an Androsace, an Alsine and a violet, occurring, however, only in local species.

Rhubarb leaves - There are at least two points of view on the composting of rhubarb leaves.

Rhubarb Continue to harvest rhubarb which you have forced indoors.

The Welsh Sweet Shop stocks over 200 different sweets ranging from rhubarb & custard to sherbet fountains.

Gently stir in rhubarb and strawberries.

What could be better than a Christmas ham accompanied by a tangy rhubarb or a spicy tomato chutney.

He chose Orange and almond torte with tangy rhubarb compote and yogurt cream.

To make the rhubarb spray, boil a few pounds of fresh rhubarb leaves in a few pints of water for 20 minutes.

Februaryâs first flush of pale pink rhubarb brings a whisper of early spring to the table.

They filled the gap from the autumn brambles and damsons to the early rhubarb in spring and cooking varieties were the most valued.

Rhubarb Continue to harvest rhubarb Continue to harvest rhubarb which you have forced indoors.

For a lovely rhubarb fool, mix 150g low fat plain yogurt with 150g low fat soft cheese.

Many powders are found in medical uses, some of which have retained the name of their inventor, such as the compound powder of rhubarb, "Gregory powder," named after a Scottish doctor, James Gregory (1758-1822).

Its crop of potatoes in 1909 was 52,560,000 bushels and that of Maine, the next largest, 29,250,000 bushels; and the state is a large producer of onions, turnips, cabbages, cauliflower, sweet Indian corn, cucumbers, rhubarb, parsnips, carrots, green peas and green beans.

This could be washed down with a glass of chilled alcoholic rhubarb wine, the fruits of gardening labor.

Rhubarb Pie - This tart dessert will be a refreshing addition to your table and the red color is definitely festive for the event.

Rhubarb (Rheum) - Herbaceous plants of great vigour and picturesque aspect, and their fine leaves are well seen by the margins of shrubberies and in places where luxuriant vegetation is desired.

The garden Rhubarbs worth growing are R. australe, R. compactum, R. rugosum, R. hybridum, Victoria Rhubarb (with very large leaves and long red stalks), Myatts Linnaeus, Prince Albert, and Scotts Monarch.

There are also specific instructions and tips for growing 36 different types of vegetables, from carrots to artichokes, rhubarb to tomatoes, lettuce and onions.

Generally, the tea includes burdock root, slippery elm bark, sheep sorrel leaves, and Indian rhubarb root.

Indian Rhubarb Root - Rhubarb root has a long history of use as a treatment for ulcers and for renal failure.

There are a few negative health consequences of rhubarb root usage that include stomach upset and diarrhea, among others.

Visitors will find some interesting vintages here, ranging from Dandelion and Strawberry Rhubarb wines to champagne made using a 400-year-old recipe from France.

Rhubarb stalks are good to eat, but the leaves are poisonous.

Wild peach tea, rhubarb, and a variety of other natural ingredients have also been linked to poison ivy treatment.

The principal articles of import are shirtings, drills, jeans and twills, opium, woollens, steel, lead, needles, J apanese sea-weed and sugar; and of export, wool, skins, beans and pease, straw braid, coal, dates, tobacco and rhubarb.

Other stimulant laxatives include buckthorn, alder buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula ), and rhubarb (Rheum officinale, R. palmatum ).

Rhubarb, O, for rhubarb To purge this choler!

Then followed rice pudding, tapioca, and some other farinaceous ditto, rhubarb tarts, &c.

So the pudding is still a great favorite in Britain and a freshly made rhubarb flan or Brown Betty is certainly hard to beat.

Herbal laxatives such as aloes, cascara sagrada, rhubarb root, and senna are addictive and destructive to normal peristalsis.

The home-made puddings (all at £ 5) included Bramley apple and rhubarb crumble and figgy sponge pudding.

For variety, add raisins, rhubarb, or pears.

Put a dessertspoon of the cooled strained rhubarb into four glass ramekin dishes.

Place the 375g of roughly chopped rhubarb in a large saucepan with the sugar and water.

Click here for easy to follow instructions on growing rhubarb.

The West Riding of Yorkshire became the main growing area, producing over 5,000 tons of forced rhubarb annually in its heyday.

Strain off all the pulp, and add other half rhubarb.

If you already have rhubarb it will appreciate being divide every five years or so.

I would not eat stewed rhubarb with my fingers, or, indeed, with any instrument that science could devise.

The giant rhubarb was the first place to go then we went to the dragon, then the bamboo maze.

Rhubarb leaves - There are at least two points of view on the composting of rhubarb leaves - There are at least two points of view on the composting of rhubarb leaves.

Among the common vegetables used in the green state are peas, beans, cabbage, cauliflowers, asparagus, Indian corn, onions, leeks, tomatoes, lettuce, radish, celery, parsley, cucumbers, pumpkins, squash and rhubarb.

There could possibly be more to come, now I 've removed the infestation of weeds from the vicinity of the rhubarb plants.