Definition of Ribwork

1. a common weed [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ribwork

ribroasted
ribroasting
ribroasts
ribs
ribston
ribstone
ribstones
ribstons
ribulokinase
ribulose
ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase
ribulose diphosphate carboxylase
ribulosebisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase activase
ribulosephosphate
ribulosephosphate 3-epimerase
ribwork (current term)
ribworks
ribwort
ribworts
rice
rice-Tween agar
rice-field fever
rice-grain fritillary
rice-queen
rice-shell
rice-water stool
rice ball
rice beer

Literary usage of Ribwork

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

1. Observation Lessons on Plant Life: A Guide to the Teacher. A Two Years by Beverley Ussher, Dorothy Jebb (1903)
"That is to say, the green tissue between the ribwork enlarges very much. Thus the weight is adjusted to the stalk, which is long or short according to what ..."

2. The Popular Science Monthly (1895)
"Steel wire forms the frames of spectacles, and has replaced whalebone in tbe ribwork of umbrellas. It is also employed for the strings of pianos and other ..."

3. Shelburne Essays by Paul Elmer More (1905)
"And straight I was aware That the whole ribwork round, minute Cloud touching cloud beyond compute, Was tinted, each with its own spot Of burning at the core ..."

4. Shelburne Essays by Paul Elmer More (1905)
"And straight I was aware That the whole ribwork round, minute Cloud touching cloud beyond compute, Was tinted, each with its own spot Of burning at the core ..."

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