NOUN | plant | currant bush, currant | any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants |
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Meaning | Any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants. | |
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Synonym | currant | |
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 |
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