Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RHA-BAR'BA-RINE
RHA-BAR'BA-RINE, n. [L. rhabarbarum. Generally and more correctly called rheine, – which see.]
A proximate principle of rhubarb, which appears to possess the properties of an acid. It has been supposed to be the active principle of rhubarb; but this is not well settled.
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