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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

rheum
    n 1: a watery discharge from the mucous membranes (especially
         from the eyes or nose)
    2: rhubarb [syn: Rheum, genus Rheum]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rheum \Rhe"um\ (r[=e]"[u^]m), n. [NL., from L. Rha the river
   Volga, on the banks of which it grows. See Rhubarb.] (Bot.)
   A genus of plants. See Rhubarb.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rheum \Rheum\ (r[udd]m), n. [OF. reume, rheume, F. rhume a
   cold,, L. rheuma rheum, from Gr. ???, fr. "rei^n to flow,
   akin to E. stream. See Stream, n., and cf. Hemorrhoids.]
   (Med.)
   A serous or mucous discharge, especially one from the eves or
   nose.
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         I have a rheum in mine eyes too.         --Shak.
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   Salt rheum. (Med.) See Salt rheum, in the Vocabulary.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rhubarb \Rhu"barb\, n. [F. rhubarbe, OF. rubarbe, rheubarbe,
   reubarbare, reobarbe, LL. rheubarbarum for rheum barbarum,
   Gr. ??? (and ??) rhubarb, from the river Rha (the Volga) on
   whose banks it grew. Originally, therefore, it was the
   barbarian plant from the Rha. Cf. Barbarous,
   Rhaponticine.]
   1. (Bot.) The name of several large perennial herbs of the
      genus Rheum and order Polygonaceae.
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   2. The large and fleshy leafstalks of Rheum Rhaponticum and
      other species of the same genus. They are pleasantly acid,
      and are used in cookery. Called also pieplant.
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   3. (Med.) The root of several species of Rheum, used much
      as a cathartic medicine.
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   Monk's rhubarb. (Bot.) See under Monk.

   Turkey rhubarb (Med.), the roots of Rheum Emodi.
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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