What's the difference between rhubarb and twaddle?

Rhubarb


Definition:

  • (n.) The name of several large perennial herbs of the genus Rheum and order Polygonaceae.
  • (n.) The large and fleshy leafstalks of Rheum Rhaponticum and other species of the same genus. They are pleasantly acid, and are used in cookery. Called also pieplant.
  • (n.) The root of several species of Rheum, used much as a cathartic medicine.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) When it's serving time, use a good serrated knife to saw cleanly through the rhubarb.
  • (2) From lettuce and string beans quercetin was isolated (after chemical hydrolysis) and in rhubarb emodin, an anthraquinon, was detected.
  • (3) Proanthocyanidins (dimers and oligomers of polyhydroxy-flavan-3-ols) were only found in the testa of broad beans, beans, and peas with coloured flowers, and in rhubarb stalks.
  • (4) Jane's favourite combos are: rhubarb and strawberry, rhubarb and raspberry, and plum and blackberry.
  • (5) The results suggested that: (1) the virus may be one of pathogenetic factor of the hemorrhagic pancreatitis; (2) the rhubarb was effective in the treatment of hemorrhagic pancreatitis under our experimental conditions.
  • (6) An earlier version of the rhubarb self-saucing pudding failed to add the milk in the listed ingredients and how and when to do it.
  • (7) As soon as it has melted, add the rhubarb and cook over a low heat until just tender.
  • (8) The fryingpan should be large enough to hold the pork and rhubarb fairly snugly.
  • (9) The custard base and rhubarb can cook at the same time.
  • (10) The first group included beef and fish broths, boiled meat, rye bread, cabbage, tomato, apple, cherry and black currant juices, rhubarb infusion, fresh kefir, carrot and pumpkin purees.
  • (11) Recipe supplied by Bronte Aurell, Scandi Kitchen, scandikitchen.co.uk Vanilla-fried rhubarb on sugar brioche Almost like jam on toast, the rich sugary brioche is a good backdrop to the sharp rhubarb.
  • (12) (uncorrected values), plum (Prunus domestica), rhubarb (Rheum rhaponticum), banana (Musa cavendishii), mango (Mangifera indica), pear (Pyrus communis), cantaloup (Cucumis melo) and pineapple (Ananas comosus) (uncorrected values).
  • (13) 9 Spread the meringue over the rhubarb, using the back of a spoon to create some peaks and swirls and place in the hot oven for 15-20 minutes or until the meringue topping is golden brown.
  • (14) Burr, 38, who also holds a first-class degree in biodiversity and conservation from London’s Birkbeck College, has been heralded as the favourite to win not least because he has been named star baker a record five times, particularly impressing Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood in doughnut week with his rhubarb and custard zeppole.
  • (15) In the main study the foods were either (a) divided into the calculated bite-size normal portions or (b) the portions were mashed (rhubarb pie), untreated (rice) or finely ground (raw carrot).
  • (16) The above description indicate that Rhubarb could promote immune response.
  • (17) One guest said the food – smoked rainbow trout, pan-fried guinea fowl, rhubarb and elderflower tart – wasn't memorable.
  • (18) Among several hydroxylated metabolites of emodin, a fungal anthraquinone and constituent of rhubarb, 2-hydroxyemodin was a direct-acting mutagen showing a large electron-spin resonance (ESR) signal in the presence of DNA, especially at alkaline pH.
  • (19) 4 Spread the rhubarb into the base of the prepared dish and spoon the batter on top.
  • (20) Once it has started to colour, divide between four plates, then top with the rhubarb and butter.

Twaddle


Definition:

  • (v. i. & t.) To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle.
  • (n.) Silly talk; gabble; fustian.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The twaddle that the theory is extremely difficult to understand, is complete nonsense, spread out by superficial journalists.
  • (2) It's pompous twaddle with no relevance to fucking anything."
  • (3) He’s not wrong to want to cut out aspirational twaddle, but American audiences have been trained to expect the twaddle.
  • (4) A collection of letters penned by Albert Einstein in which he set out his views on how to deal with a belligerent post-war Russia and dismissed as "twaddle" the notion that his theories were difficult to understand, will go under the hammer in London next Thursday.
  • (5) "Sadly neither does Brendan's management-speak twaddle.
  • (6) Patronising” and “demeaning” were some of the kinder terms used, while en route the campaign has been described by detractors as “sexist twaddle” .
  • (7) The main substance of this paper was presented orally at a meeting of the Sick Role, organized and chaired by Andrew Twaddle.
  • (8) Is it good, emotive fare, or whiny, offensive, Coldplay-lite twaddle sung by the least convincing frontman since Jason Lee starting cultivating a pineapple?
  • (9) From a lesser figure, this would be self-indulgent twaddle.
  • (10) … Ahem, sorry I appear to have had an attack of the Brendan Rodgers with that spot of motivational twaddle.
  • (11) I believe I have heard this kind of twaddle uttered by politicians in Ireland like Bertie Ahern, the former prime minister.
  • (12) When Gove and Boris Johnson come in, you think, ‘Hey, there’s a new dimension to this.’ And then you get that load of twaddle!
  • (13) "The twaddle that the theory is extremely difficult to understand, is complete nonsense, spread out by superficial journalists."