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white-currant

white-currant is the alternative spelling of white currant.

Meaning of white currant

Noun

white currant (plural white currants)

  1. A deciduous shrub, a less sour and colourless cultivar of Ribes rubrum (red currant), though sometimes named Ribes sativum or Ribes silvestre, and sold as a different fruit.
  2. The white translucent edible berry of this bush.

Forms of white-currant

pluralwhite-currants

Questions about white-currant

What is white-currant the alternative spelling of?
White-currant is the alternative spelling of white currant.

Words near white-currant in the dictionary

  1. white-crowned plovers
  2. white-crowned shrike
  3. white-crowned shrikes
  4. white-crowned sparrow
  5. white-crowned sparrows
  6. white-currant
  7. white-currants
  8. white-ear
  9. white-eared honeyeater
  10. white-eared honeyeaters
  11. white-eared parakeet

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