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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 cuckooshrikes
  2. black cumin
  3. black cumins
  4. black curassow
  5. black curassows
  6. black currant
  7. black currants
  8. black currawong
  9. black currawongs
  10. black cypress
  11. black cypress pine

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