| NOUN | food | currant | any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams |
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| plant | currant, currant bush | any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants | |
| food | currant | small dried seedless raisin grown in the Mediterranean / Mediterranean region and California |
| Meaning | Any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams. | |
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| Narrower | black currant | small black berries used in jams and jellies |
| gooseberry | Currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies | |
| red currant | small red berries used primarily in jams and jellies | |
| Broader | berry | Any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits |
| Spanish | grosella | |
| Catalan | grosella, riba | |
| Meaning | Any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants. | |
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| Synonym | currant bush | |
| Member of | Ribes, genus Ribes | A flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries |
| Narrower | black currant, European black currant, Ribes nigrum | Widely cultivated current bearing edible black aromatic berries |
| red currant, garden current, Ribes rubrum | cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries | |
| white currant, Ribes sativum | garden currant bearing small white berries | |
| winter currant, Ribes sanguineum | A flowering shrub | |
| Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
| Spanish | grosellero | |
| Catalan | riber | |
| Meaning | small dried seedless raisin grown in the Mediterranean / Mediterranean region and California; used in cooking. | |
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| Broader | raisin | dried grape |
| Spanish | pasa de Corintio, pasa | |
| Catalan | pansa de Corint | |
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