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Definition of Bog rhubarb
1. Noun. Small Eurasian herb having broad leaves and lilac-pink rayless flowers; found in moist areas.
Group relationships: Genus Petasites, Petasites
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bog Rhubarb
Literary usage of Bog rhubarb
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"bog rhubarb. Petasites vulgaris, Desf.—Line., from the likeness of its leaves to
rhubarb, and its growth in swampy places. Bog-rush. ..."
2. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture \ by Peter Henderson (1910)
"... is the bog rhubarb, or Butter Bur. Petiole. The foot-stalk of a leaf. Petiole.
Common. The first and principal leaf-stalk in compound leaves. ..."
3. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"Europe and northern Asia, adv, in US Butter-bur, Butterfly Dock, Butter Dock,
Kettle Dock, Batter Dock, Flea Dock, bog rhubarb, ..."
4. Lincolnshire Notes and Queries: A Quarterly Journal...devoted to the by E. Mansel Sympson (1896)
"... Desf. ; "Children use the hollow stalks a; horns or trumpets."—B. & H. BOG-RHUBARB. ..."
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