Ribes, genus Ribes -- (a flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries; native to northern hemisphere)
Overview of verb rib
The verb rib has 2 senses
rib -- (form vertical ribs by knitting; "A ribbed sweater")
ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun -- (subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday")