ribes

noun

ri·​bes ˈrī-(ˌ)bēz 

plural ribes

: any of a genus (Ribes) of shrubs (such as a currant or a gooseberry) placed either in the saxifrage or gooseberry family that have small racemose variously colored flowers and pulpy 2-seeded to many-seeded berries

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Medieval Latin, currant, from Arabic rībās rhubarb

First Known Use

1753, in the meaning defined above