red-currant

Noun

red currant (plural red currants)

1. A deciduous shrub, Ribes rubrum, native to western Europe; any of certain cultivars of the shrub.
   • And a hint of still waters, a stream, a brook, a rivulet, meandering with flashes of brilliance through the lush dense greenery, among shadowy plants that might have been blackberries or redcurrants, although what redcurrants and blackberries might be Yoel had not the faintest notion, and even the...1989, Amos Oz, To Know A Woman, page 109
2. The bright red translucent edible berry of this plant.
   • Her mouth was pale red and translucent, like the skin of a redcurrant.1995, Elizabeth Howard, Casting Off, Cazalet Chronicles, Book 4, 2006, unnumbered page

   Synonyms:

   garnetberry, wineberry