rhapontic

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/rəˈpɒntɪk/

noun

The false rhubarb (Rheum rhaponticum)

OriginLatin rhaponticum ← Ancient Greek ῥῆον →
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Meanings

nounrhapontic (countable and uncountable, plural rhapontics)

plural rhapontics

  1. countableuncountableThe false rhubarb (Rheum rhaponticum)

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΠόντος“Black Sea”
  2. Ancient Greekῥῆον“rhubarb”
  3. Latinrhaponticum
  4. Englishrhapontic

From Latin rhaponticum, literally rha (“rhubarb”) ponticum (“Pontic; of the Black Sea”), from Ancient Greek ῥῆον (rhêon, “rhubarb”) and Ancient Greek Πόντος (Póntos, “Black Sea”).

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APA

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Chicago

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