English-German translations for rhubarb

• Rhabarber der
  Selbst Rhabarber wird erwähnt. Ich könnte jetzt ein schönes englisches Wortspiel anfügen, das darauf hinausläuft, dass die Branche im Gegensatz zur EU keinen Kohl redet, sondern ihn nur anbauen will! Rhubarb gets a mention as well, but I shall resist the obvious joke, except to say that unlike the EU, the industry does not want to talk rhubarb, it only wants to grow it!
  Bis vor kurzem stammten fast 90 % des nicht im Freiland wachsenden europäischen Rhabarbers aus Yorkshire; diese Zahl mag gesunken sein, die Qualität aber bestimmt nicht. Nearly 90% of Europe's indoor-grown rhubarb was, until recently, produced in Yorkshire; that figure may have declined, but the quality has certainly not declined.

Definition of rhubarb

• Any plant#Noun|plant of the genus ''Rheum'', especially , having large leaves and long green#Adjective|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 , which are long, fleshy, often pale#Adjective|pale red, and with a tart#Adjective|tart taste#Noun|taste, used as a food ingredient; they are frequently stew#Verb|stewed with sugar#Noun|sugar and made into jam#Noun|jam or used in crumble#Noun|crumbles, pies, etc
• The dried rhizome and roots of or , from China, used as a laxative and purgative
• operations by aircraft involving low-level flight#Noun|flight to seek opportunistic target#Noun|targets
• Of the colour#Noun|colour of rhubarb: either brownish-yellow , or pale#Adjective|pale red (often the colour of the leafstalks of common rhubarb
• Of fighter aircraft: to fire#Verb|fire at a target#Noun|target opportunistically
• General background noise#Noun|noise caused by several simultaneous indecipherable conversations, which is created in film#Noun|films, stage#Noun|stage play#Noun|plays, etc., by actors repeat#Verb|repeating the word ''rhubarb''; ''hence'', such noise in other settings; rhubarb rhubarb, rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb
• An excited, angry exchange of words, especially at a sporting event
• A brawl#Noun|brawl
• Of an actor in a film, stage play, etc.: to repeat the word ''rhubarb'to create the sound of indistinct conversation; ''hence'', to converse#Verb|converse indistinctly, to mumble#Verb|mumble
• To articulate#Verb|articulate indistinctly or mumble ; to say inconsequential or vague things because one does not know what to say, or to stall#Verb|stall for time#Noun|time

Related words

• Rhubarb Jam
• giant rhubarb
• Guatemalan rhubarb