rhapontic/rəˈpɒntɪk/EtymologyFrom Latin rhaponticum, literally rha (“rhubarb”) ponticum (“Pontic; of the Black Sea”), from Ancient Greek ῥῆον (rhêon, “rhubarb”) and Ancient Greek Πόντος (Póntos, “Black Sea”).nounThe false rhubarb (Rheum rhaponticum)