† ˈrhabarb Obs.
Variant f. rhubarb n.; cf. OF. rhabarbe, and med.L. rhabarbarum.
| 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iv. xiii. 230 Of this sort [sc. gentle purgatives] are Aloe, Rhabarbe, Senna, &c. 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 6 Simples..as Cassia, Rhabarb, Polipody. 1698 Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 377 Rhabarb, Turbith, and Scammony, are dreadful to them. |