rhubarb plant

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rhubarb plant - plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous

rhubarb

herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

genus Rheum, Rheum - rhubarb

Himalayan rhubarb, red-veined pie plant, Rheum australe, Rheum emodi, Indian rhubarb - Asian herb (Himalayas)

garden rhubarb, pie plant, Rheum cultorum, Rheum rhabarbarum, Rheum rhaponticum - long cultivated hybrid of Rheum palmatum; stems often cooked in pies or as sauce or preserves

Chinese rhubarb, Rheum palmatum - long used for laxative properties

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My grandma always had a huge rhubarb plant in her yard.

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Also, I have a rhubarb plant that I didn't pick this year and it has gone to seed.

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Before this the only thing we had was the rhubarb plant which has been incorporated into the new planting.

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Even if the deer eat the leaves to the ground--the rhubarb plant will still come up again the following spring from its roots.

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The sturdy rhubarb plant is at its best when other home-grown fruits are scarce.

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For the first year after planting your new rhubarb plant, you need to let it grow, without picking any stalks.

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At anytime of year, but best done when the plants are dormant, drive a sharp spade down through the middle of any rhubarb plant and grub out whichever half comes most easily.

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You may have a rhubarb plant and not be convinced that it's the season yet.

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One of my favorite attributes of the rhubarb plant is that it doesn't need weeding.