red-veined pie plant
- noun
- Indian
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rhubarb
- She used freshly picked red-veined pie plant in her homemade dessert.
Examples
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Many traditional Himalayan recipes feature the tart stems of the red-veined pie plant.
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The gardener pointed out the red-veined pie plant growing along the edge of the path.
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The red-veined pie plant is a unique herb.
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Many chefs use red-veined pie plants in their recipes.
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Many traditional Himalayan recipes feature the tart stems of the red-veined pie plant.
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She used freshly picked red-veined pie plant in her homemade dessert.
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The gardener pointed out the red-veined pie plant growing along the edge of the path.
Synonyms
A plant with thick stems you can eat, often used in pies
A plant with long sour stalks usually cooked with sugar and used in pies
A mountain rhubarb plant from the Himalayas with large leaves and roots used as medicine
A plant from the Himalayas whose roots are used in traditional medicine
A large mountain plant with thick roots used in traditional medicine and for making yellow dye
A herb from the Himalayas with roots used in traditional medicine and leaves like common rhubarb
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'red-veined' describes the plant's appearance (having red veins) and 'pie plant' denotes a plant used as a pie ingredient. A B1 learner who knows the constituent words can readily infer this refers to an herb with reddish veins used in pies, so the phrase is predictable from its parts.
Etymology
The plant name red-veined pie plant comes from how the herb looks and how people used it: the leaves show bright red veins, which is the red-veined part, and cooks used its tart stems in pies, which is the pie plant part, so the name points to a herb 'used in pies'.
