Indian rhubarb

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Noun1.Indian rhubarb - rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stemsIndian rhubarb - rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stems; colonizes stream banks in the Sierra Nevada in California
herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
2.Indian rhubarb - Asian herb (Himalayas)
genus Rheum, Rheum - rhubarb
rhubarb plant, rhubarb - plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous
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We leave the inlet, climbing a bank of beach rye and Indian rhubarb. The earth has been freshly clawed by bears.
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