currant

Speech parts

1. currant - Noun

2. Currant - Proper noun

Meaning

A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery.

The acid fruit or berry of the Ribes rubrum or common red currant, or of its variety, the white currant.

A shrub or bush of several species of the genus Ribes (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the Ribes rubrum.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

raisin red currant black currant blackcurrant redcurrant currant bush berry huckleberry azalea blackthorn citron mulberry gooseberry hibiscus raspberry
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Hypernyms

bush berry plant fruit raisin shrub

Hyponyms

gooseberry red currant black currant European black currant Ribes nigrum garden current

Phrases with the word

winter currant currant bread currant loaf currant tree currant biscuit Tasmanian currant

Examples

Currant host on Fairfax radio. Source: Internet

Gummies are available in exotic flavors such as black currant, dark chocolate espresso, mango chili and even sugarplum! Source: Internet

Their shop has a split personality: In the front, you’ll find all sorts of pastries and breads: currant rolls, butter bread, coconut drops, cassava pone, coconut-and-pineapple tarts and much more. Source: Internet

Cranberry and currant meld with notes of Italian sausage, pepper, cocoa, clove and forest floor. Source: Internet

It showed loads of that classic lead pencil, cedar, black licorice and red currant flavors, but the middle and finish of the wine seemed to be separated a tad. Source: Internet

Margie - the currants I mean here are not dried redcurrants or black currants, but tiny seedless raisins grown (and dried) in the Meditteranean and California (also known as Zante currant, Zante raisin, dried Corinth grape). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

currajong Currams curran currant aphid currant biscuit currant bread