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Definition of Indian currant
1. Noun. North American deciduous shrub cultivated for it abundant clusters of coral-red berrylike fruits.
Group relationships: Genus Symphoricarpos, Symphoricarpos
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indian Currant
Literary usage of Indian currant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Country Home: How We Transformed a Wisconsin Woodland by Frances Kinsley Hutchinson (1908)
"THE Indian currant all begging to be used. Could one ask for greater variety or
for richer beauty ? With delight we arranged our treasures in the long ..."
2. Trees and Shrubs of Prospect Park by Louis Harman Peet (1902)
"These are Indian currant bushes and in the frosty days hang all through them ...
Back of the Indian currant border are several young ailan- thus trees, ..."
3. Our Northern Shrubs and how to Identify Them: A Handbook for the Nature-lover by Harriet Louise Keeler (1903)
"The abundance of fruit on the Indian currant is little short of marvellous.
The slender stems are fruit bearing for five or ten inches from the tip; ..."
4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"Indian currant. CORAL BERRY. Fig. 2448. Lvs. ovate: fls. in dense axillary and
terminal spikes; ... Along rivers Fruits of Indian currant—Sym- and ..."
5. Trees and Shrubs of Central Park by Louis Harman Peet (1903)
"This habit of inflorescence at once distinguishes it from its twin sister, the
Indian currant or coral berry which it so closely resembles, especially in ..."
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