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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