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Webster 1913 Edition
Ribes
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Ri′bes
,Noun.
[NL.; cf. Dan.
ribs
, and Ar. rībās
a plant with an acid juice.] (Bot.)
A genus of shrubs including gooseberries and currants of many kinds.
Definition 2024
Ribes
Ribes
See also: ribes
Translingual
Proper noun
Ribes n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Grossulariaceae – the true currants and gooseberries.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Saxifragales - order; Grossulariaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Ribes subg. Berisia, Ribes subg. Grossularia, Ribes subg. Grossularioides, Ribes subg. Parilla, Ribes subg. Ribes (subgenera)
ribes
ribes
See also: Ribes
Italian
Etymology
From Medieval Latin ribes (“currant”), from Arabic [script needed] (ribas, “rhubarb”)
Noun
ribes m (invariable)