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Definition of Indian rhubarb
1. Noun. Rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stems; colonizes stream banks in the Sierra Nevada in California.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Darmera, Genus Darmera, Genus Peltiphyllum, Peltiphyllum
2. Noun. Asian herb (Himalayas).
Group relationships: Genus Rheum, Rheum
Generic synonyms: Rhubarb, Rhubarb Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indian Rhubarb
Literary usage of Indian rhubarb
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1853)
"THE absence of a good test for distinguishing the Russian from East Indian rhubarb
has been too much felt and too often expatiated on to require any comment ..."
2. Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions (1853)
"THE absence of a good test for distinguishing the Russian from East Indian rhubarb
has been too much felt and too often expatiated on to require any comment ..."
3. The Commercial Hand-book of Chemical Analysis, Or, Practical Instructions by Alphonse Normandy (1850)
"East Indian rhubarb is collected in the same provinces where the Russian is obtained
... This East Indian rhubarb is considerably inferior in quality to the ..."
4. Annals of Chymistry and Practical Pharmacy (1843)
"East Indian rhubarb is collected in the same provinces where the Russian is ...
Of these, however, the English buy the most. This East Indian rhubarb ..."
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