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Definition of Currants

Currant
Currant Cur"rant (k?r"rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving the name from its resemblance to that grape.] 1. A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery. 2. The acid fruit or berry of the Ribes rubrum or common red currant, or of its variety, the white currant. 3. (Bot.) A shrub or bush of several species of the genus Ribes (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the Ribes rubrum. Black currant,a shrub or bush (Ribes nigrum and R. floridum) and its black, strong-flavored, tonic fruit. Cherry currant, a variety of the red currant, having a strong, symmetrical bush and a very large berry. Currant borer (Zo["o]l.), the larva of an insect that bores into the pith and kills currant bushes; specif., the larvae of a small clearwing moth ([AE]geria tipuliformis) and a longicorn beetle (Psenocerus supernotatus). Currant worm (Zo["o]l.), an insect larva which eats the leaves or fruit of the currant. The most injurious are the currant sawfly (Nematus ventricosus), introduced from Europe, and the spanworm (Eufitchia ribearia). The fruit worms are the larva of a fly (Epochra Canadensis), and a spanworm (Eupithecia). Flowering currant, Missouri currant, a species of Ribes (R. aureum), having showy yellow flowers.

Meaning of Currants from wikipedia

- Look up currant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Currant may refer to: Ribes, genus of berry plants, e.g., blackcurrant, redcurrant and whitecurrant...
- Zante currants, Corinth raisins, Corinthian raisins or outside the United States simply currants, are raisins of the small, sweet, seedless grape cultivar...
- fruits: gooseberries and currants". Department of Horticulture, Cornell University. Retrieved 2013-09-08. "Organic Black Currant Production Manual" (PDF)...
- cultivars with yellow and pink fruit, called respectively 'yellow currants' and 'pink currants'. The bushes can suffer from pests such as gooseberry sawfly...
- Subgenus Ribes L. (currants) 8 sections Section Berisia Spach (alpine currants) Section Calobotrya (Spach) Jancz. (ornamental currants) Section Coreosma...
- some of the currants show through the pastry. The Banbury cake is an oval cake from Banbury, Oxfordshire, similarly filled with currants, but with added...
- In biology, the BBCH-scale for currants describes the phenological development of currants, such as blackcurrants and redcurrants, using the BBCH-scale...
- A currant bun is a European sweet bun that contains currants or raisins. The Chelsea bun is a variant. Neither should be confused with a ****ed bun, nor...
- "Lorraine jelly" is a spreadable preparation traditionally made from white currants or alternatively redcurrants. The pips are taken off by hand, originally...
- or Zante currants are small, sometimes seedless, raisins that are much darker and have a tart, tangy flavor. They are usually called currants. Muscat raisins...