The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . s anoblong or spherical ptiliiy beny, containing one cell andfew or many seeiis, ami crowneii with the species, mostly w ith tboniy and often almi pricklystems, the ttowers single or few together, the fruit oftenspiny, are known as gooseberries: other species, whollyunarmed, with raccmed Mowers and sinoolli fruit, aregrouped as currants. It (Jn^ainlaria is the conimon gar-den or English gooseberry. (See,/ofMifVrri/. > Ii. gpecv>-mvi
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . s anoblong or spherical ptiliiy beny, containing one cell andfew or many seeiis, ami crowneii with the species, mostly w ith tboniy and often almi pricklystems, the ttowers single or few together, the fruit oftenspiny, are known as gooseberries: other species, whollyunarmed, with raccmed Mowers and sinoolli fruit, aregrouped as currants. It (Jn^ainlaria is the conimon gar-den or English gooseberry. (See,/ofMifVrri/. > Ii. gpecv>-mvi is the 8ho%vy (lowering or fiulisia-IloweredgiKtjieberry of California, niilLli prized in cultivation for itsbright-red dnioping llowers w itli far-rxserted reti jracUe of the centnil Inited .States, its fruit bearinglong red spines, is called Mijwitri i/ifo/trlicrry. It. ntbnnn,the common red currant (see curraut-. 2), is native in Eu-rope, Asia, and northern .North -Xinerica. Ii. nifjrum Isthe garden black i-nrrant, a native of the iiortheni (lidWorlil; K. Jtirridum is the wild black currant of KibtMn-seal (Histricphora/atciata). curiously banded with whitish on a dark gi-ound,as if adorned with ribbons. It inhabits theNorth Pacific, ribbon-snake (ribon-snak), n. A small slen-der striped snake, Kiitieiiia saiirita. abundantin the United States: a kind of garden snake,having several long yellow stripes on a darkvariegated ground. It is a very pretty andfinite harmless seqient. See Eut^nia. ribbon-stamp (ribon-stamp), », .\ small andsimple form of printing-press whicli transfersto p;ipir the free color in a movable ribbonwhich covers the stamp. ribbon-tree (ribon-tr(>), h. See ribbon-wave (ribon-wav), n. A conimon Eu-iiipiiin gciinietrid moth, Avidalia : anEnglish collectors name. ribbonweed (ribon-wed), w. The ordinaryform of the seaweed Liiminaria siircliiirinn,whose frond has a long Hat blade, sometimesmeinbra
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