Rheum cultorum
- noun
- Specialized
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ruibarbo
- Many recipes recommend using Rheum cultorum for its tart flavor in pies.
Examples
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The garden's Rheum cultorum produced abundant stems that were perfect for making homemade jam.
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He grows Rheum cultorum both for its ornamental value and its culinary uses.
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I bought some fresh Rheum cultorum at the farmer's market.
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The Rheum cultorum plants thrive in well-drained soil.
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Many recipes recommend using Rheum cultorum for its tart flavor in pies.
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The garden's Rheum cultorum produced abundant stems that were perfect for making homemade jam.
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He grows Rheum cultorum both for its ornamental value and its culinary uses.
Synonyms
A plant with tart edible stems that people cook and eat in pies
A garden plant that grows back every year with thick stalks you cook and eat but poisonous leaves
A plant with thick red or green stalks that taste tart and are cooked in pies
A plant with thick edible stalks often used in cooking like pies
A plant with thick stems you can eat, often used in pies
Surface Forms
Morphology
Rheum + cultorum
This is a Latin scientific name (genus + specific epithet) rather than a productive English phrase; the second element 'cultorum' is not an English word and is absent from the dictionary entry. Even if a learner knows 'Rheum' as a plant genus, they would not be able to derive the specific idea of a widely cultivated edible rhubarb hybrid from the constituents alone, so the meaning is not transparently compositional for a B1 learner.
Etymology
Rheum cultorum is an old Latin name that means 'rhubarb of gardens', with Rheum for rhubarb and cultorum for 'grown in gardens'. Imagine people cutting tart stems in a garden to make pies and jam; that picture shows why the name means the rhubarb people grow for food today.
