RIBES
\ɹˈa͡ɪbz], \ɹˈaɪbz], \ɹ_ˈaɪ_b_z]\
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ribz, n.sing. and pl. a currant, currants.--n.sing. RIBES (r[=i]'b[=e]z), a genus of shrubs belonging to the natural order Ribesiaceæ, familiar examples of which are the garden Gooseberry and the Currant. [O. Fr. ribes--Low L. ribus--Ar. r[=i]b[=e]s, r[=i]b[=a]s.]
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).