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The idea that "rhubarb" has any meaning such as you state is entirely false (although widely reported). The Latin word for "root" is radix, from which the modern word radish comes.

In fact the name rhubarb comes from the classical Greek term rheo, meaning "to flow", referring to its laxative properties, plus Greek barbaros meaning foreign.

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