Ribes (Noun)
Meaning
A flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries; native to northern hemisphere.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The forest path was lined with tall shrubs and several varieties of flowering ribes, adding splashes of vibrant colors to the scenery.
- Native American tribes often relied on ribes as a rich source of vitamin C in the early American wilderness.
- Blackcurrants are small round fruits obtained from some varieties of ribes plants which were long thought to cause diseases and have therefore been the subject of both American Federal and state prohibitions in past centuries.
- Redcurrants which hang from stems on these lovely plants often catch a warm light after showers to attract lots of the first ripened robins out on winter sunny afternoons with leaves sprouting among species like shrubby, glossy-leafed and vigorous European varieties of Ribes plants.
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