rubarbe

Middle English

Alternative forms

• reubarbe, ruberbe, rebarbe, reubard, rubarde

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman reubarbe, from Late Latin reubarbarum, probably from Koine Greek ῥῆον βάρβαρον (rhêon bárbaron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riu̯ˈbarb(ə)/, /riu̯ˈbard(ə)/

Noun

rubarbe

1. A kind of plant belonging to the genus Rheum; rhubarb.

Descendants

• English: rhubarb
• Scots: rhubarub

References

• “rūbarbe (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-7.