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Currant

Currant Meaning & Definition
Currant Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Currant?

[n] any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams
[n] small dried seedless raisin grown in the Mediterranean region and California; used in cooking
[n] any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants

Synonyms | Synonyms for Currant: currant bush

Related Terms | Find terms related to Currant:

See Also | berry | black currant | black currant | bush | European black currant | garden current | genus Ribes | gooseberry | raisin | red currant | red currant | Ribes | Ribes nigrum | Ribes rubrum | Ribes sanguineum | Ribes sativum | shrub | white currant | winter currant

Currant In Webster's Dictionary

\Cur"rant\ (k?r"rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving the name from its resemblance to that grape.] 1. A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery. 2. The acid fruit or berry of the {Ribes rubrum} or common red currant, or of its variety, the white currant. 3. (Bot.) A shrub or bush of several species of the genus {Ribes} (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the {Ribes rubrum}. {Black currant},a shrub or bush ({Ribes nigrum} and {R. floridum}) and its black, strong-flavored, tonic fruit. {Cherry currant}, a variety of the red currant, having a strong, symmetrical bush and a very large berry. {Currant borer} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of an insect that bores into the pith and kills currant bushes; specif., the larvae of a small clearwing moth ({[AE]geria tipuliformis}) and a longicorn beetle ({Psenocerus supernotatus}). {Currant worm} (Zo["o]l.), an insect larva which eats the leaves or fruit of the currant. The most injurious are the currant sawfly ({Nematus ventricosus}), introduced from Europe, and the spanworm ({Eufitchia ribearia}). The fruit worms are the larva of a fly ({Epochra Canadensis}), and a spanworm ({Eupithecia}). {Flowering currant}, {Missouri currant}, a species of {Ribes} ({R. aureum}), having showy yellow flowers.

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