ˈrī(ˌ)bēz noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Medieval Latin, currant, from Arabic rībās rhubarb
: a genus of shrubs (family Saxifragaceae) having small racemose variously colored flowers with four or five scalelike petals, four or five stamens, two styles, a wholly inferior ovary, and a pulpy few-seeded to many-seeded berry that disarticulates from its pedicel — see currant 2