Definition of currant

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Currant (n.) A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery..

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Zante Currant :: Zante currant () A kind of seedless grape or raisin; -- so called from Zante, one of the Ionian Islands..
Yaws :: Yaws (n.) A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as framboesia, pian, verrugas, and crab-yaws..
Raceme :: Raceme (n.) A flower cluster with an elongated axis and many one-flowered lateral pedicels, as in the currant and chokecherry..
Saxifragaceous :: Saxifragaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Saxifragaceae) of which saxifrage is the type. The order includes also the alum root, the hydrangeas, the mock orange, currants and gooseberries, and many other plants..
Currant :: Currant (n.) A shrub or bush of several species of the genus Ribes (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the Ribes rubrum..
Clearwing :: Clearwing (n.) A lepidopterous insect with partially transparent wings, of the family Aegeriadae, of which the currant and peach-tree borers are examples..
Ribes :: Ribes (n.) A genus of shrubs including gooseberries and currants of many kinds.
Currant :: Currant (n.) A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery..
Seed :: Seed (n.) A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant..
Gazel :: Gazel (n.) The black currant; also, the wild plum..
Racemiferous :: Racemiferous (a.) Bearing racemes, as the currant..
Wineberry :: Wineberry (n.) The red currant.
Corinth :: Corinth (n.) A small fruit; a currant.
Currant :: Currant (n.) The acid fruit or berry of the Ribes rubrum or common red currant, or of its variety, the white currant..
Berry :: Berry (n.) A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent throughout, having seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as the currant, grape, blueberry..
Jelly :: "Jelly (n.) The juice of fruits or meats boiled with sugar to an elastic consistence; as, currant jelly; calf's-foot jelly..
Caperberry :: Caperberry (n.) The currantlike fruit of the African and Arabian caper (Capparis sodado).
Wine :: Wine (n.) A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as, currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine..
Jam :: "Jam (n.) A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam..
Stemple :: Stemmy (a.) Abounding in stems, or mixed with stems; -- said of tea, dried currants, etc..
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