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blackcurrants

blackcurrants is the plural 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

Questions about blackcurrants

What is blackcurrants the plural of?
Blackcurrants is the plural of blackcurrant.

Words near blackcurrants in the dictionary

  1. blackcoat
  2. blackcoats
  3. blackcock
  4. blackcocks
  5. blackcurrant
  6. blackcurrants
  7. blackcurranty
  8. blackdamp
  9. blackdamps
  10. blackdar
  11. Blackdog

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