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

• anthropic

French

Noun

rhapontic m (plural rhapontics)

1. Alternative form of rapontic

References

• “rhapontic”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.