Definition of Ribes rubrum

1. Noun. Cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries.

Exact synonyms: Garden Current, Red Currant
Terms within: Red Currant
Group relationships: Genus Ribes, Ribes
Generic synonyms: Currant, Currant Bush

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ribes Rubrum

Rhyniaceae
Rhætian
Rhætians
Rhône-Alpes
Rian
Riau
Riau Islands
Ribas-Torres disease
Ribbert's theory
Ribbonism
Ribbonman
Ribbonmen
Ribes' ganglion
Ribes grossularia
Ribes nigrum
Ribes rubrum
Ribes sanguineum
Ribes sativum
Ribes uva-crispa
Ribhus
Ricardian
Ricardians
Ricardo
Ricco
Ricco's law
Rice Krispie square
Rice Krispies
RichFaces
Rich Internet Application

Literary usage of Ribes rubrum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Botany, Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential by James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1804)
"Style cloven. Berry with many seeds. SPEC. CHAR. No thorns. Clusters smooth, pendulous. Flowers but little concave. Petals obtuse. SYN. ribes rubrum. Linn. ..."

2. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"... which were free from the fungus in this attack were the following : Prince Albert, Gondouin White, Stultz, and an unknown variety, all of ribes rubrum, ..."

3. Fungous Diseases of Plants, with Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"... all of ribes rubrum, and Crandall and Utah Golden of Ribes aureum. In another plantation where sixteen different species of Ribes were cultivated, ..."

4. Annual Report of the American Institute of the City of New York (1860)
"ribes rubrum, Ribes Nigrum. American.—Ribes Floridum, Ribes Missouriensis or Aureum. About thirty-five years ago Thomas A. Knight, President of the ..."

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