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Webster 1913 Edition


Ribes


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.

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Ribes

Ribes

See also: ribes

Translingual

Proper noun

Ribes n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Grossulariaceae – the true currants and gooseberries.

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ribes

ribes

See also: Ribes

Catalan

Noun

ribes

  1. plural of riba

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin ribes (currant), from Arabic [script needed] (ribas, rhubarb)

Noun

ribes m (invariable)

  1. currant

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