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Definition of Currant
1. Noun. Any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams.
2. Noun. Any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants.
Exact synonyms: Currant Bush
Group relationships: Genus Ribes, Ribes
Specialized synonyms: Garden Current, Red Currant, Ribes Rubrum, Black Currant, European Black Currant, Ribes Nigrum, Ribes Sativum, White Currant, Ribes Sanguineum, Winter Currant
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Group relationships: Genus Ribes, Ribes
Specialized synonyms: Garden Current, Red Currant, Ribes Rubrum, Black Currant, European Black Currant, Ribes Nigrum, Ribes Sativum, White Currant, Ribes Sanguineum, Winter Currant
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
3. Noun. Small dried seedless raisin grown in the Mediterranean region and California; used in cooking.
Generic synonyms: Raisin
Definition of Currant
1. n. A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery.
Definition of Currant
1. Noun. A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape, rarely more than 4mm diameter when dried. ¹
2. Noun. The fruit of various shrubs of the genus ''Ribes'', either white, black or red. ¹
3. Noun. A shrub bearing such fruit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Currant
1. an edible berry [n -S]