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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.
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.
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]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Currant
Literary usage of Currant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"TAYLOR, f currant. The currants grown for their fruit in America are derived
mainly from two species, namely, the European red currant, Ribes litigare (R. ..."
2. Report by New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Botanical Dept (1908)
"The "Red currant" Hybrids. The second generation from the blend of the "Red
currant' upon the "Dwarf Champion" was grown quite extensively the present ..."
3. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1889)
"Early in the spring when the buds are bursting upon the currant and ... These are
the parents of the currant worms. The two sexes differ a good deal in ..."
4. Phytopathology by American Phytopathological Society (1917)
"The former method was employed by Stewart and Rankin (9) using five hundred rusted
currant plants. None of these developed any rust during the succeeding ..."
5. The Book of the Garden by Charles McIntosh (1855)
"The currant has been long cultivated in this country, and of late years has become
... The first mention we find made of the currant is by Bacon, who says, ..."
6. Report on the Injurious Insects and Other Animals Observed in the Midland by Walter Edward Collinge (1906)
"currant Shoots Attacked by Caterpillar. 1.—Caterpillar in bored shoot. 2. ...
The female sits upon the currant, and inserts her long ovipositor, ..."
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