ribbon man

[Eng. ribbon; -man.] A member of the Ribbon Society. [RIBBON ISM.] "Wild deeds had been enacted by the Ribbon men ." Trench: Realities of Irish Life , ch. iv. ri-bēş, s. [Danish ribs; Sw. risp, reps, or from Arab. ribes = Rheum ribes, a different plant.] Bot.: The typical genus of Gro ular i aceæ, Gros sularia being a synonym of Ribes. ( Lindley .) The typical genus of Ribesiem (q.v.). ( Sir Joseph Hooker.) Petals, small; scale-like stamens included or nearly so; style erect. Fifty-six species are known, from the north temperate zone and the Andes. [CURRANT, B. | (2), (8).] Sir Joseph Hooker places species one under a section Gro ular i a with the character, "branches spinons, leaves plaited in bud, peduncles one to three-flowered," and the others under Ribesia (q. v.).