pieplant

9.9

A plant with long sour stalks usually cooked with sugar and used in pies

noun
/ˈpaɪˌplænt/

Archaic

: ruibarbo

The recipe calls for two cups of chopped pieplant and plenty of sugar.

Examples

I bought some fresh pieplant at the market.
The pieplant grows well in cooler climates.
Every spring, she harvests fresh pieplant from her garden to make tarts.
Stewed pieplant is a traditional dessert in many rural areas.
Every spring, she harvests fresh pieplant from her garden to make delicious pies.
The recipe calls for two cups of chopped pieplant and plenty of sugar for a sweet filling.
Stewed pieplant is often served as a tart dessert in many rural households.

Synonyms

rhubarb

vspieplant

14 3.5

Thick sour stalks usually cooked and sweetened for pies

is the alternative name for the same edible stalks used in pies

pie plant

vspieplant

Archaic

6.1

A plant with thick stems you can eat, often used in pies

is the other common name for those stems in cooking

garden rhubarb

vspieplant

2.5

A plant with thick red or green stalks that taste tart and are cooked in pies

focuses on pinkish sour stalks rather than garden variety colors

red-veined pie plant

vspieplant

Indian

9.9

A herb from the Himalayas with red veins in its leaves used in pies

refers to thick sour stalks cooked and sweetened, not the Asian herb

How Sour

lemon

318 1.0

cranberry

61 1.4

pieplant

Archaic

9.9

apple

583 1.0

Surface Forms

pieplant singular

pieplants plural

Morphology

pieplant = pie + plant (opaque) = pie + plant

While 'pie' and 'plant' are clear components, the specific meaning of 'rhubarb' is not directly derivable from the components.

Etymology

The word pieplant joins pie and plant because people used this sour garden plant to make pies, so it became another name for rhubarb. That's why pieplant now means a plant with long, sour stalks that are cooked and sweetened for pies.