rhubarb, Rheum officinale, Volga
rhubarb, Rheum officinale, Dsc. 3.2; growing near the river Rha (mod. Volga), whence its name acc. to Amm.Marc. 22.8.28; cf. ῥῆον.
The corpus record
ῥᾶ
ra2 · τό
rhubarb, Rheum officinale
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
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