Definition of Pieplant

1. Noun. Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened.

Exact synonyms: Rhubarb
Generic synonyms: Veg, Vegetable, Veggie

Definition of Pieplant

1. n. A plant (Rheum Rhaponticum) the leafstalks of which are acid, and are used in making pies; the garden rhubarb.

Definition of Pieplant

1. a rhubarb [n -S] - See also: rhubarb

Medical Definition of Pieplant

1. A plant (Rheum Rhaponticum) the leafstalks of which are acid, and are used in making pies; the garden rhubarb. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pieplant

pieing
pieings
pieless
pielike
piem
piemaker
piemakers
piemaking
pieman
piemen
piemontite
piemontites
piems
piend
piends
pieplant (current term)
pieplants
pier
pier arch
pier mirror
pier table
pierage
pierages
pierc't
pierce
pierceable
pierced
piercee
piercees

Literary usage of Pieplant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Dietetics, what to Eat and how: A Guide to Scientific Feeding in by John Harvey Kellogg (1921)
"It is evident, then, that if pieplant is taken along with farinaceous foods, ... But if this were done with pieplant no one would care to make use of it for ..."

2. Modern Women of America Cookbook by Anna Claire Vangalder, Modern Woodmen of America (1913)
"Mix half a cupful of sugar with a heaping teaspoonful of flour; sprinkle this over the bottom crust, then add pieplant cut up fine. ..."

3. Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application by Luther Burbank, John Whitson, Robert John, Henry Smith Williams, Luther Burbank Society (1914)
"It retains, as to general appearance, the aspect of a greatly enlarged stalk of the familiar rhubarb or pieplant of the eastern vegetable garden. ..."

4. The Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture: A Reference System of Commercial by Granville Lowther, William Worthington (1914)
"pieplant Dumplings Cut up and cook until tender one and one-half pounds of pie ... Place two table- spoonfuls of stewed pieplant In the center of each round ..."

5. Annual Report of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society by Wisconsin State Horticultural Society (1894)
"pieplant or rhubarb is propagated either from seed or cuttings. If the plants grown from seed are used, throw out all that seem inclined to grow Email, ..."

6. The New Dietetics, what to Eat and how: A Guide to Scientific Feeding in by John Harvey Kellogg (1921)
"It is evident, then, that if pieplant is taken along with farinaceous foods, ... But if this were done with pieplant no one would care to make use of it for ..."

7. Modern Women of America Cookbook by Anna Claire Vangalder, Modern Woodmen of America (1913)
"Mix half a cupful of sugar with a heaping teaspoonful of flour; sprinkle this over the bottom crust, then add pieplant cut up fine. ..."

8. Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application by Luther Burbank, John Whitson, Robert John, Henry Smith Williams, Luther Burbank Society (1914)
"It retains, as to general appearance, the aspect of a greatly enlarged stalk of the familiar rhubarb or pieplant of the eastern vegetable garden. ..."

9. The Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture: A Reference System of Commercial by Granville Lowther, William Worthington (1914)
"pieplant Dumplings Cut up and cook until tender one and one-half pounds of pie ... Place two table- spoonfuls of stewed pieplant In the center of each round ..."

10. Annual Report of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society by Wisconsin State Horticultural Society (1894)
"pieplant or rhubarb is propagated either from seed or cuttings. If the plants grown from seed are used, throw out all that seem inclined to grow Email, ..."

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