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Definition of Rheum australe

1. Noun. Asian herb (Himalayas).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rheum Australe

Literary usage of Rheum australe

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

1. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1827)
"The plant, on examination, proved to be identical with my rheum australe * ... The rheum australe appears to be peculiar to the great table lands of central ..."

2. Journal of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy by Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (1827)
"The rheum australe appears to be peculiar to the great table lands of central Asia, between the latitudes of 31° and 40°, where it is found to flourish at ..."

3. Medical Botany; Or, Illustrations and Descriptions of the Medicinal Plants ...by John Stephenson, James Morss Churchill, Gilbert Thomas Burnett by John Stephenson, James Morss Churchill, Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1834)
"The plant, on examination, proved to be identical with my rheum australe,* from ... The rheum australe appears to be peculiar to the great table lands of ..."

4. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1827)
"The plant, on examination, proved to be identical with my rheum australe * ... The rheum australe appears to be peculiar to the great table lands of central ..."

5. The New American Orchardist, Or an Account of the Most Valuable Varieties of by William Kenrick (1844)
"The flavor of rheum australe resembles apples ; and, though thought by some to be more medicinal in its effects than other sorts, yet those who have used it ..."

6. Journal of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy by Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (1830)
"This species appears to us to approach the rheum australe of Colebrooke; and of latter times the true rhubarb of China has been attributed to it. ..."

7. A Dictionary of Pharmaceutical Science: A Guide for the Pharmaceutist by H. V. Sweringen (1882)
"rheum australe, •> A species of RHEUM EMODI. /Rheum at one time conjectured to be the source of officinal Asiatic rhubarb, ..."

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