RIBES RUBRUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ribes rubrum mean? 

• RIBES RUBRUM (noun)
  The noun RIBES RUBRUM has 1 sense:

1. cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries

  Familiarity information: RIBES RUBRUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIBES RUBRUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

garden current; red currant; Ribes rubrum

Hypernyms ("Ribes rubrum" is a kind of...):

currant; currant bush (any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants)

Meronyms (parts of "Ribes rubrum"):

red currant (small red berries used primarily in jams and jellies)

Holonyms ("Ribes rubrum" is a member of...):

genus Ribes; Ribes (a flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries; native to northern hemisphere)