Category:Rheum

Rhe"um, n. Etym: [nl., from l. Rha the river volga, on the banks of Which it grows. See rhubarb.] (bot.)

Defn: a genus of plants. See rhubarb.

Rheum Rheum, n. Etym: [of. reume, rheume, f. rhume a cold,, l. rheuma Rheum, from gr. stream. See stream, n., and cf. Hemorrhoids.] (med.)

Defn: a serous or mucous discharge, especially one from the eves or Nose. I have a rheum in mine eyes too. Shak. Salt rheum. (med.) See salt rheum, in the vocab.