Lexic.us

Definition of Red currant

1. Noun. Cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries.

2. Noun. Small red berries used primarily in jams and jellies.

Definition of Red currant

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of redcurrant) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Red Currant

red cell cast red cent red cents red chip red circle rate red clay red clover red coat red cole red coral

red corpuscle red corpuscles red cross red currant (current term) red cypress pine red dagga red deer red degeneration red devil red diaper baby

red diesel red dog red dogs red dogwood red drop effect red drum red drums red dwarf

Literary usage of Red 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)
"The red currant makes excellent jelly, and its popularity is largely due to this fact. A large quantity of red currant jelly is made every year in Canada. ..."

2. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1860)
"The red currant is a native of the northern parts of Europe, ... The red currant has been long cultivated in Britain, and very much improved in the size of ..."

3. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"The fruit is much larger than time red currant, and cultivation has lately produced varieties remarkable for size. There is a variety found in Russia with ..."

4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"It has been thought that the red currant is a native of North America, ... red currant. It occurs throughout Canada to the mouth of Mackenzie river, ..."

5. The Improved Housewife: Or Book of Receipts, with Engravings for Marketing by A. L. Webster (1855)
"... it constantly over the fire till it thickens. It may be eaten with stewed apples, damsons, prunes, or any other fruit. 419. Pink or red currant Cream. ..."

6. The Book of the Garden by Charles McIntosh (1855)
"The red currant ... but of a perfect red colour, wherein it differeth from the rest of its kind;" evidently referring to our red currant. ..."

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