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Wiktionary

  1. n. alternative spelling of blackcurrant.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. See Currant.
  2. n. a shrub or bush (Ribes nigrum and Ribes floridum) and its black, strong-flavored, tonic fruit.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. widely cultivated current bearing edible black aromatic berries
  2. n. small black berries used in jams and jellies

Examples

  • “Other cold-pressed oils, such as antioxidant-rich rose hip and artic berry seed oils (including raspberry, cranberry, and sea buckthorn berry); sebumlike squalene (derived from olive oil); GLA-rich evening primrose and black currant seed oils; carrier oils, such as jojoba, sweet almond, and apricot kernel; and anti-inflammatory oils like St. John’s Wort oil, are the most commonly used, truly therapeutic oils.”

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  • “Earl Grey rooibos, rooibos with bourbon-vanilla pieces, and Berry Lapacho with black currant are both caffeine-free options that taste sweet without sugar.”

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  • “Currants, by-the-bye, both black and red, are also native plants; the black currant is by no means rare in this State, and very much resembles the varieties cultivated in gardens; the wild red currant is chiefly confined to the northern parts of the country, and it is precisely like that which we cultivate.”

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‘black currant’ has been looked up 618 times, added to 4 lists, and is not a valid Scrabble word.