ribes rubrum
Noun A specific species of flowering plant in the genus Ribes, commonly known as the red currant. It is a cultivated shrub bearing small, edible, translucent red berries that grow in clusters.
The term "ribes rubrum" is the botanical Latin name used for precise scientific or horticultural identification. In everyday language, the common name "red currant" is almost always used instead.
- The garden featured several fruit bushes, including ribes rubrum and gooseberries.
- Ribes rubrum is valued both for its fruit and as an ornamental garden plant.
- The jam was made from the berries of ribes rubrum.
- In botanical texts, the name is often italicized, as is standard for genus and species names: .
- It may be followed by the name of the botanist who first formally described the species, though this is often omitted in general usage.
- Red currant (n.): The common English name for .
- Ribes (n.): The genus to which red currants, black currants, and gooseberries belong.
- Currant (n.): A general term for the edible berry of various shrubs in the genus .
- Red currant
- Garden currant
"Ribes rubrum" refers specifically to the cultivated European red currant. Other related species, such as Ribes spicatum (northern red currant) or Ribes sativum (a synonym sometimes used), may be considered distinct or grouped together depending on the botanical classification system. The term does not refer to the dried "currants" used in baking, which are actually a type of small grape.
- cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries