s. m, plant (Rheum Emodí, R. Moorcroftianum, R. Spiciforme; Rhubarb, Nat. Ord. Polygonaceæ,) In some parts of the hills, no portion of these plants is used, but in most the stalks are eaten, either boiled with water or pounded and mixed with salt and pepper, and in Hazára the dried leaves are boiled with water and eaten with meat. The officinal Ribás of the drug-sellers consists of the dried stalks from Kábul. The root is called Reuṇd chíṉí.