genus Ribes

Thesaurus

Noun

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genus Ribes - a flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries; native to northern hemisphereRibesplant genus - a genus of plantsfamily Grossulariaceae, gooseberry family, Grossulariaceae - in some classifications considered a part of the family Saxifragaceae: plants whose fruit is a berrycurrant bush, currant - any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currantsgarden current, red currant, Ribes rubrum - cultivated European current bearing small edible red berriesblack currant, European black currant, Ribes nigrum - widely cultivated current bearing edible black aromatic berriesRibes sativum, white currant - garden currant bearing small white berriesRibes sanguineum, winter currant - a flowering shrubgooseberry, gooseberry bush, Ribes grossularia, Ribes uva-crispa - spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries