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rheum
rheum watery matter secreted by mucous glands or membranes; mucous discharge, catarrh XIV; (poet.) tears XVI. ME. reume — OF. reume (mod. rhume) — late L. rheuma — Gr. rheûma flow, stream, bodily humour.
So rheumatic consisting of watery discharge XIV; suffering from, characterized by this XVI. — OF. reumatique (mod. rhu-) — L. — Gr. rheumatism; rheumatic disease XVII. — F. or L. — Gr. rheumatoid XIX. |
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T. F. HOAD. "rheum." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "rheum." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-rheum.html T. F. HOAD. "rheum." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-rheum.html |
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Rheum
Rheum (family Polygonaceae) A genus of herbs in which the leaves are large and palmately lobed. The inflorescence is an erect panicle; the flowers are small and entomophilous. Rhubarb is the petiole of R. rhaponticum, and medicinal rhubarb (a purge) is R. officinale. There are about 50 species, occurring in temperate and subtropical Asia.
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "Rheum." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "Rheum." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O7-Rheum.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "Rheum." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O7-Rheum.html |
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rheum
rheum / roōm/ • n. chiefly poetic/lit. a watery fluid that collects in or drips from the nose or eyes. |
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"rheum." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "rheum." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-rheum.html "rheum." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-rheum.html |
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rheum
rheum •abloom, assume, backroom, bloom, Blum, boom, broom, brume, combe, consume, doom, entomb, exhume, flume, foredoom, fume, gloom, groom, Hume, illume, inhume, Khartoum, khoum, loom, neume, perfume, plume, presume, resume, rheum, room, spume, subsume, tomb, vroom, whom, womb, zoom
•catacomb • heirloom • broadloom
•taproom • guardroom • staffroom
•darkroom • classroom • bathroom
•bedroom, headroom
•legroom • restroom
•dayroom, playroom
•saleroom • stateroom • salesroom
•tearoom • green room • sickroom
•anteroom • bridegroom • stockroom
•strongroom • box room • washroom
•storeroom • boardroom • ballroom
•courtroom • houseroom • showroom
•cloakroom • elbow room
•poolroom, schoolroom
•newsroom
•gunroom, sunroom
•mushroom • common room
•workroom • hecatomb • vacuum
•legume • volume • costume
•Leverhulme
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"rheum." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "rheum." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-rheum.html "rheum." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-rheum.html |
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