rhubarb

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A noun referring to a plant with long, pinkish or greenish leafstalks that are sour and typically cooked with sugar for use in desserts; the leaves are poisonous.

• 🇩🇪Ein mehrjähriges Gemüse mit langen, fleischigen, rosafarbenen bis grünen Blattstielen, die roh sehr sauer schmecken und meist mit Zucker zu Kompott, Kuchen oder Desserts verarbeitet werden; die Blätter sind giftig.

1. Edible plant stalk B1 formal culinary

   A plant with long, pinkish or greenish stalks that are sour in taste, typically cooked with sugar and used in desserts like pies and jams.

   • She made a delicious rhubarb pie for the dessert.
   • Rhubarb stalks are often stewed with sugar to reduce their tartness.
   • You should only eat the stalks of rhubarb, as the leaves are toxic.

   🇩🇪Essbarer Pflanzenschaft

2. The plant itself B1 formal scientific

   A perennial plant that grows in clumps, with large leaves and long, edible stalks; the leaves are poisonous and should not be consumed.

   • Rhubarb grows well in cool climates and rich soil.
   • The gardener harvested the rhubarb from the patch in early spring.
   • Be careful when handling rhubarb leaves, as they contain oxalic acid.

   🇩🇪Rhabarber (Pflanze)

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