rhapontic

English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rəˈpɒntɪk/

Noun

rhapontic (countable and uncountable, plural rhapontics)

  1. The false rhubarb (Rheum rhaponticum)

Anagrams

French

Noun

rhapontic m (plural rhapontics)

  1. alternative form of rapontic

References

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