currant

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a small tart red, black, or white berry growing on a shrub of the genus Ribes

   She stirred fresh black currants into the sauce.

2. 2
   noun

   a small dried seedless grape, especially a Black Corinth grape

   The baker added currants and orange peel to the buns.

Common collocations

• black currant Adjective + noun

Shortened from phrases such as raisins of Corinth, through French references to grapes from Corinth in Greece. The name first denoted the small dried grape; it was later transferred to similar-looking berries of Ribes shrubs.

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