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Latin
Etymology
Probably from Koine Greek ῥῆον βάρβαρον (rhêon bárbaron), from Ancient Greek ῥῆον (rhêon, “rhubarb”) + βάρβαρον (bárbaron), neuter of βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign; barbaric”).
Pronunciation
Noun
reubarbarum n (genitive reubarbarī); second declension
- rhubarb
- Reubarbarum sive reuponticum, illud quod trans Danubium in solo barbarico, istud quod circa Pontum colligitur, nominatum. Reu autem dictum quod sit radix, quasi radix barbara, quasi radix Pontica. Isidorus Sevillensis
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
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