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currant
has definitions from the fields of chemistry,botany,food
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[ noun ] (chemistry,botany,food) any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams
Used in print (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)Now the thing for us to do is to find ourselves a_couple_of those wonderful flowering currants such_as the red Ribes_sanguineum of our Pacific_Northwest , or otherwise a good sloe tree , or perhaps some nice pussy_willow in bloom , preferably one with male or staminate catkins . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (botany) any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants
Synonyms Related terms shrub winter_currant white_currant red_currant black_currant Ribes |
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[ noun ] (chemistry,botany,food) small dried seedless raisin grown in the Mediterranean region and California; used in cooking
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