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currant n. 葡萄干 葡萄乾 currant n 1: any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams 2: any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants [ synonym: { currant}, { currant bush}] 3: small dried seedless raisin grown in the Mediterranean region and California; used in cookingCurrant \ 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.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The acid fruit or berry of the { Ribes rubrum} or common red currant, or of its variety, the white currant. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Bot.) A shrub or bush of several species of the genus { Ribes} ( a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the { Ribes rubrum}. [ 1913 Webster] { Black currant}, a shrub or bush ({ Ribes nigrum} and { Ribes 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} ( Zool.), 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} ( Zool.), 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} ({ Ribes aureum}), having showy yellow flowers. [ 1913 Webster]
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