Ribes

See also: ribes

Translingual

Ribes rubrum (red currant)

Etymology

New Latin, from Medieval Latin ribes (“currant”), from Arabic رِيبَاس (rībās, “rhubarb”)

Proper noun

Ribes n

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

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; 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 rubrum (red currant) - type species

References

• Ribes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ribes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ribes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ribes at USDA Plants database