The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . for cordage. It is doubtless named from theillibon like Mtrips of its bark, ribbon-WOrm(rib(iii-wcrm), H. 1. Sameas^i;ii-wiirm.—2. A nemertean or nemertine worm;one of the Scmertea; so called from the ex-traordinary length and flattened fonn of someof them, as the long sea-worms of the , which attain a length of many feet, nidrinns. ribebat, ribecaf, «. Same as rebec ribesH (ribz), n. siiiij. and pi. [= Dan. ribs, cur-rant ; < OF.
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . for cordage. It is doubtless named from theillibon like Mtrips of its bark, ribbon-WOrm(rib(iii-wcrm), H. 1. Sameas^i;ii-wiirm.—2. A nemertean or nemertine worm;one of the Scmertea; so called from the ex-traordinary length and flattened fonn of someof them, as the long sea-worms of the , which attain a length of many feet, nidrinns. ribebat, ribecaf, «. Same as rebec ribesH (ribz), n. siiiij. and pi. [= Dan. ribs, cur-rant ; < OF. rihrs, red gooseberries. Iteyond-sea gooseberries, garden currans, bastard ciir-rans (Cot grave), F, , ndgooseberics, bastard corans. or cominon ribes(Florio), ])rop. sing., = Sp. ribes, currant-tree,< ML. ribes, , ribesiiiiii. , < Ar. ,libds, Pers. ribdj, gooseberry.] .\ currant ;generally as pitiral. currants. Re<l Oooseberlea, or nfccjt, do refresh and crsile the botestomacke and liucr, and are giMXl against all Langham, Garden of Uealth, p. I, Branch with riowcr, of Mi»ouri Currant iRittts aMrtom). 3, fruits (tf red ciirr,int lA. riihrumt; ?\, fniit of Hnt;li$h gooselierry [R. irfisti/iirm*; 4, fmil of wild yoobcbcrry I A. (>«,i/^ori). It. aureum, the golden, ttnlTalo, or Missouri currant, wildin the western Inited .States, is in common cultivationfor its early bright-yellow spicy-scented flowers. It. nan-iftiinenm. the red-Howered currant of California and (Jre-gon, is another well-known ornamental species. It. , the fetitl currant of northern woods in America,emits a nauseous odor when bniised. Ribesieae(ri-lH-sie-e), [XL. (A. Kichard,1823),< Ribesi -f -cjp.] A tribe of polypetalousplants of the order Saxifraiiucex. It is character-ized by a one-celled ovary, seedsimniersed in pulp, alter-nate niulivided leaves, without free stipules, and com-moiily raccmed or clustered flowers. It consista o
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