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    ‖Rheum , n. [NL., from L. Rha the river Volga, on the banks of which it grows. See Rhubarb.] (Bot.) A genus of plants. See Rhubarb.
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    Rheum , n. [OF. reume, rheume, F. rhume a cold,, L. rheuma rheum, from Gr. , fr. ῥεῖν to flow, akin to E. stream. See Stream, n., and cf. Hemorrhoids.] (Med.) A serous or mucous discharge, especially one from the eves or nose.
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    I have a rheum in mine eyes too.
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    Salt rheum. (Med.) See Salt rheum, in the Vocabulary.
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