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Definition of Ribes nigrum

Ribes nigrum
Currant Cur"rant (k?r"rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving the name from its resemblance to that grape.] 1. A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery. 2. The acid fruit or berry of the Ribes rubrum or common red currant, or of its variety, the white currant. 3. (Bot.) A shrub or bush of several species of the genus Ribes (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the Ribes rubrum. Black currant,a shrub or bush (Ribes nigrum and R. floridum) and its black, strong-flavored, tonic fruit. Cherry currant, a variety of the red currant, having a strong, symmetrical bush and a very large berry. Currant borer (Zo["o]l.), the larva of an insect that bores into the pith and kills currant bushes; specif., the larvae of a small clearwing moth ([AE]geria tipuliformis) and a longicorn beetle (Psenocerus supernotatus). Currant worm (Zo["o]l.), an insect larva which eats the leaves or fruit of the currant. The most injurious are the currant sawfly (Nematus ventricosus), introduced from Europe, and the spanworm (Eufitchia ribearia). The fruit worms are the larva of a fly (Epochra Canadensis), and a spanworm (Eupithecia). Flowering currant, Missouri currant, a species of Ribes (R. aureum), having showy yellow flowers.

Meaning of Ribes nigrum from wikipedia

- The blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum), also known as black currant or c****is, is a deciduous shrub in the family Grossulariaceae grown for its edible berries...
- inerme Ribes lacustre Ribes laurifolium Ribes lobbii Ribes montigenum Ribes maximowiczii Ribes nevadense Ribes nigrum Ribes oxyacanthoides Ribes rubrum...
- jam and jelly. NatureServe (2024). "Ribes americanum". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 26 September 2024. "Ribes americanum Mill". Plants of the World...
- jostaberry (Ribes × nidigrolaria) is a complex-cross fruit bush in the genus Ribes, involving three original species, the blackcurrant R. nigrum, the North...
- production in the United States is relatively limited. The blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum) was introduced by English settlers at the M****achusetts Bay Colony in...
- for making semi-permanent hair dyes from renewable waste blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum L.) fruit skins from the fruit pressing industry was developed. Anthocyanin...
- villosum The species belongs to the subgenus Ribes, which contains other currants such as the blackcurrant (R. nigrum) and redcurrant (R. rubrum), and is the...
- Sarmentosin is a glycoside and that is found in several plant species, notably Ribes nigrum (blackcurrants) and Sedum sarmentosum. Sarmentosin has a molecular formula...
- Blackcurrant seed oil is derived from the seeds of ribes nigrum]] (black currant, or European currant). It contains an unusually high amount of omega-6...
- This list of Ribes species shows many of the approximately 200 accepted species in the plant genus Ribes, the single genus in the Saxifragales family...