arka plandaki konuşma

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Definition of arka plandaki konuşma in Turkish English dictionary

rhubarb

A word repeated softly to emulate background conversation. (see rhubarb rhubarb)

Such business...is often introduced in some kind of ‘dumb show', either in silence or accompanied by music or indecipherable stage noise (‘rhubarb', etc.).

An excited, angry exchange of words, especially at a sporting event

Speaking by telephone from his desert home near Palm Springs, California, he told a reporter in Philadelphia: I don't want to be around when there's a rhubarb going on.

{i} any of several varieties of edible plant from the genus Rheum (used as a food and medication); argument, squabble (Slang)

a vegetable with pink stems usually stewed with sugar and eaten as a dessert

Also known as pie plant (this was to designate its major use) It is a perennial form of "buckwheat," cultivated for its stalks The roots and leaves of the edible rhubarb contain oxalic acid and are considered toxic or poisonous The varieties include Canada red, crimson red, flare, MacDonald, valentine, and victoria

A celery-like vegetable we treat as a fruit (in fact a court case once decided it was a fruit) Never eat the leaves of a rhubarb, which contain poisonous levels of oxalic acid

Any plant of the genus Rheum, especially R. Rharbarbarum, having large leaves and long green or reddish acidic leafstalks; the stems are edible, in particular when cooked (although the leaves are mildly poisonous)

cleanses the intestines, has astringent and antiseptic properties

The root of several species of Rheum, used much as a cathartic medicine

a heated dispute involving many players from both teams, often resulting in fisticuffs

Definition three is attributed to the practice by Charles Keans theatre company c1852 at Princess Theatre, London of actors supposed to be talking together inaudibly, repetitively saying the word rhubarb, which was chosen because it does not have any harsh-sounding consonants or clear vowels. The usage has since broadened as noted at rhubarb rhubarb

Called also pieplant

The dried rhizome and roots of R. Palmatum or R. Officinale, from China, used as a laxative and purgative

plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous

(Rheum rhaponticum) A polygonaceous herb having a medicinal rhizome, forming a combined cathartic and astringent effect, having edible leafstalks used in making pies, preserves etc A foregone conclusion in the garden; called the "pie plant " The medicinal rhubarb came originally from China The Berbers or Moors disclosed its cathartic properties and attached their name to the original "rha" to make the common name [Leighton, 473]

Definition five appears to have developed by extension from definition 4, since it has no relevance to the original stage usage on either continent

They are pleasantly acid, and are used in cookery

The large and fleshy leafstalks of Rheum Rhaponticum and other species of the same genus

long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened

Hyphenation

ar·ka plan·da·ki ko·nuş·ma