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Plural of rhubarb

irregular plural

The plural of rhubarb is rhubarb or rhubarbs.

Forms of rhubarb

Singularrhubarb /ˈɹuːbɑːb/
Pluralrhubarb /ˈɹuːbɑːb/
rhubarbs
Countablecountable and uncountable

Plural of rhubarb by meaning

  1. any plant of the genus Rheum, especially Rheum rhabarbarum, having large leaves and long...: rhubarb or rhubarbs
  2. general background noise caused by several simultaneous indecipherable conversations...: rhubarbs

Rhubarbs in a sentence

  • The summer before Dad died they were unusally plentiful at our local farmers' market, and Mom made almost a dozen of her strawberry rhubarbs—the ones with the tapioca mixed in—because she knew it was his favorite.2014, Lissa Warren, “Spring and Summer”, in The Good Luck Cat: How a Cat Saved a Family, and a Family Saved a Cat, Guildford, Conn....

Meaning of rhubarb

  1. noun Any plant of the genus Rheum, especially Rheum rhabarbarum, having large leaves and long green or reddish acidic leafstalks that are edible, in particular when cooked (although the leaves are mildly poisonous).
  2. noun The leafstalks of common rhubarb or garden rhubarb (usually known as Rheum × hybridum), which are long, fleshy, often pale red, and with a tart taste, used as a food ingredient; they are frequently stewed with sugar and made into jam or used in crumbles, pies, etc.
  3. noun The dried rhizome and roots of Rheum palmatum (Chinese rhubarb) or Rheum officinale (Tibetan rhubarb), from China, used as a laxative and purgative.

Full definition of rhubarb

Plural the same as the singular

Questions about the plural of rhubarb

What is the plural of rhubarb?
The plural of rhubarb is rhubarb or rhubarbs.
Is rhubarb countable?
Rhubarb is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rhubarb (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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