Rhubarb is an English word with synonyms like vegetable or veggie. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Rhubarb in a sentence
Rhubarb meaning
- Any plant of the genus Rheum, especially Rheum rhabarbarum, having large leaves and long green or reddish acidic leafstalks that are edible, in particular when cooked (although the leaves are mildly poisonous).
- The leafstalks of common rhubarb or garden rhubarb (usually known as Rheum × hybridum), which are long, fleshy, often pale red, and with a tart taste, used as a food ingredient; they are frequently stewed with sugar and made into jam or used in crumbles, pies, etc.
- The dried rhizome and roots of Rheum palmatum (Chinese rhubarb) or Rheum officinale (Tibetan rhubarb), from China, used as a laxative and purgative.
Using Rhubarb
- The main meaning on this page is: Any plant of the genus Rheum, especially Rheum rhabarbarum, having large leaves and long green or reddish acidic leafstalks that are edible, in particular when cooked (although the leaves are mildly poisonous). | The leafstalks of common rhubarb or garden rhubarb (usually known as Rheum × hybridum), which are long, fleshy, often pale red, and with a tart taste, used as a food ingredient; they are frequently stewed with sugar and made into jam or used in crumbles, pies, etc. | The dried rhizome and roots of Rheum palmatum (Chinese rhubarb) or Rheum officinale (Tibetan rhubarb), from China, used as a laxative and purgative.
- Useful related words include: pieplant, vegetable, veggie, rhubarb plant.
- In the example corpus, rhubarb often appears in combinations such as: the rhubarb, rhubarb and, of rhubarb.
Context around Rhubarb
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rhubarb
- In this selection, "rhubarb" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, strawberry, hothouse, indian, pie, turkey and project stand out and add context to how "rhubarb" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a former rhubarb farm in and and rhubarb rhubarb leaves and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rhubarb" sits close to words such as accrington, airfoil and airstrip, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rhubarb
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It was called Indian rhubarb, Turkey rhubarb or Chinese rhubarb. (10 words)
Hothouse rhubarb is usually brighter red, more tender and sweeter-tasting than outdoors rhubarb. (14 words)
We must talk about the best zoo animal being awarded to Rhubarb the monkey. (14 words)
In a year when creamy things chucked in a bowl too often marked the meal’s end, the best dessert gong has to go to the beautiful chocolate work enclosing the gorgeous riff on rhubarb served to me at at Grantley Hall, near Rippon. (44 words)
It is hence useful as a cathartic in case of constipation. citation Cultivation Rhubarb displayed for sale at a market in Leeds, England Rhubarb is grown widely, and with greenhouse production it is available throughout much of the year. (39 words)
The term "pie plant" is still used regionally in the U.S. In recent times rhubarb has often been paired with strawberries to make strawberry-rhubarb pie, though some rhubarb purists jokingly consider this "a rather unhappy marriage". (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
It was called Indian rhubarb, Turkey rhubarb or Chinese rhubarb.
Meanwhile in West Yorkshire, the Rhubarb Rhubarb project is to receive £22,070 to explore the history of a former rhubarb farm in the Leeds suburb of Kirkstall.
Rhubarb grown in hothouses (heated greenhouses ) is called "hothouse rhubarb", and is typically made available at consumer markets in early spring, before outdoor cultivated rhubarb is available.
The term "pie plant" is still used regionally in the U.S. In recent times rhubarb has often been paired with strawberries to make strawberry-rhubarb pie, though some rhubarb purists jokingly consider this "a rather unhappy marriage".
The stalks are frequently used in sweet desserts, such as rhubarb pie, muffins or this classic strawberry rhubarb crisp.
Hothouse rhubarb is usually brighter red, more tender and sweeter-tasting than outdoors rhubarb.
It is hence useful as a cathartic in case of constipation. citation Cultivation Rhubarb displayed for sale at a market in Leeds, England Rhubarb is grown widely, and with greenhouse production it is available throughout much of the year.
Oxalic acid is present in tomatoes, spinach, and especially in carambola and rhubarb ; rhubarb leaves and unripe carambolas are toxic because of high concentrations of oxalic acid.
Cook the rhubarb with sugar, lemon zest, and until it has released its pretty-in-pink color and tart flavor.
Enjoy this impressive wine-paired dinner at 45 North Vineyard & Winery featuring delish dishes like squash blossom, rhubarb tart and more.
In a baking bowl rub the butter, sugar, and flour together until it resembles fine sand, then sprinkle over the rhubarb.
In a year when creamy things chucked in a bowl too often marked the meal’s end, the best dessert gong has to go to the beautiful chocolate work enclosing the gorgeous riff on rhubarb served to me at at Grantley Hall, near Rippon.
In kind, the rhubarb pie is a balance of the vegetal and the candied, the earthly and the sublime, the sweet and the bitter, an edible metaphor for life itself.
Maybe, in tit-for-tat response, keep ordering pastries such as the mango chili lime pop tart or the strawberry rhubarb hand pie.
Ruth’s been making a strawberry and rhubarb crumble (with a hint of allspice!) from a long-misplaced copy of Bon Appétit from the 1980s.
She says the hands-down crowd favorites in summer are peach pie and strawberry-rhubarb pie.
The keen cook, who would have been 26 at the time, asked Gregg if rhubarb really went with duck, after seeing the star test a recipe on TV.
We must talk about the best zoo animal being awarded to Rhubarb the monkey.
You’ll be able to sample a variety of unique flavours of cider, including rhubarb, Cherry Bakewell, chocolate and pineapple – 25 in all.
And one of my favourite salads is rhubarb with pak choi, ginger and soy sauce.
Common combinations with rhubarb
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the rhubarb 10×
- rhubarb and 8×
- of rhubarb 8×
- and rhubarb 7×
- rhubarb is 6×
- rhubarb rhubarb 4×
- rhubarb or 3×
- rhubarb tart 3×
- hothouse rhubarb 2×
- as rhubarb 2×