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RIBES RUBRUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries

Synonyms:

garden current; red currant; Ribes rubrum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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