ribes
noun
ri·bes ˈrī-(ˌ)bēz 
plural ribes
: any of a genus (Ribes) of shrubs (such as a currant or a gooseberry) placed either in the saxifrage or gooseberry family that have small racemose variously colored flowers and pulpy 2-seeded to many-seeded berries
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Medieval Latin, currant, from Arabic rībās rhubarb
First Known Use
1753, in the meaning defined above