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pie plant

DEFINITIONS OF: pie plant

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n long cultivated hybrid of Rheum palmatum; stems often cooked in pies or as sauce or preserves

Synonyms:
Rheum cultorum, Rheum rhabarbarum, Rheum rhaponticum, garden rhubarb
Type of:
rhubarb, rhubarb plant
plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous
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