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black-currant

black-currant is the alternative form of blackcurrant.

Meaning of blackcurrant

Noun

blackcurrant (plural blackcurrants)

  1. A shrub, Ribes nigrum, that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries.
    • Blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum) and guelder rose (Viburnum opulus) are frequent but alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus) a common constituent of East Anglian carr is very rare.1993, R. D. Davidson, 19: The vegetation of Lough Neagh wetlands, R.B. Wood, R.V. Smith (editors), Lough Neagh: The Ecology of a Multipurpose Water Resource, Monographae Biologicae: Volume 69, page...
  2. The berry borne by this shrub.
    • Their wines are intense and elegant, tasting of blackcurrants and made to be aged.2003, Maria Villegas, Kay Halsey, Sarah Randell, A Little Taste of France, page 120
    Synonyms:
    black

Forms of black-currant

pluralblack-currants

Questions about black-currant

What is black-currant the alternative form of?
Black-currant is the alternative form of blackcurrant.

Words near black-currant in the dictionary

  1. black-crested titmice
  2. black-crested titmouse
  3. black-crested tits
  4. black-crowned night heron
  5. black-crowned night herons
  6. black-currant
  7. black-currants
  8. black-diver
  9. black-eyed
  10. black-eyed bean
  11. black-eyed beans

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