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Ribes sativum

Ribes sativum

9.9
A garden bush that makes small white berries used for jam
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • The Ribes sativum in our garden produced a generous crop of white berries this year.

Examples

  • She planted several Ribes sativum bushes along the fence for their attractive fruit and flowers.

  • Jam made from Ribes sativum is delicately sweet and less tart than that from red currants.

  • I planted Ribes sativum in my garden this spring.

  • The Ribes sativum produces delicious white berries.

  • Jam made from Ribes sativum is delicately sweet and less tart than that from red currants.

  • The Ribes sativum in our garden produced a generous crop of white berries this year.

  • She planted several Ribes sativum bushes along the fence for their attractive fruit and flowers.

Synonyms

white currant
vsRibes sativum
4.4

Small white berries you can eat that grow on a bush

is the species commonly grown for its edible fruit

Surface Forms

Ribes sativum singular
Ribes sativums plural

Morphology

Ribes + sativum

This is a botanical Latin binomial: while 'Ribes' (a currant/gooseberry shrub) may be interpretable, the second element 'sativum' is a Latin epithet (not a productive English word and not found in the provided dictionary). A B1 learner who only knows the listed constituent meanings would not be able to derive the species meaning 'garden currant with edible berries' from these parts, so the expression is opaque.

Etymology

Ribes sativum comes from Latin: Ribes is the word for currant and sativum means 'sown' or 'cultivated'. That's why the name describes a currant people grow in gardens.