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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A Eurasian currant (Ribes nigrum) bearing black berries.
  2. n. A cordial made from the berries of this plant.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A large genus of prosobranchiate gastropodous mollusks, known as helmet-shells, formerly placed with the Buccinidæ or whelks, or with the Doliidæ, but now made the type of family Cassididæ. See cut under Cassididæ.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The blackcurrant plant, Ribes nigrum; the flavor of its berries
  2. n. A liqueur made from these berries, especially crème de cassis.
  3. n. A wine flavor note, suggesting the fruity and full-bodied characteristics of the fruit.

Etymologies

  1. From French cassis (Wiktionary)
  2. French, from Latin cassia, a kind of plant; see cassia. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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