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flowering currant

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noun

  1. an ornamental shrub, Ribes sanguineum , growing to 2 to 3 metres (6 to 9ft) in height, with red, crimson, yellow, or white flowers: family Saxifragaceae

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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We’ve grown especially fond of snowberry, flowering currant, our two native strawberries, wood sorrel, vine maple and of course, our state flower, the Pacific rhododendron.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2023

After being freed from their vines, nine oaks now shelter two kinds of camas, plus alliums, trillium, red flowering currant and more, among prairie grasses.

From Seattle Times • May 9, 2023

Stiller added two ceramic birdbaths and a bird feeder filled with black oil sunflower seeds, all of which sit among her yard’s Northwest native plantings — red sorrel, oceanspray, red flowering currant and more.

From Seattle Times • May 26, 2022

Matter’s native recommendations include ocean spray, red flowering currant and dogwoods.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 19, 2021

On the other side tangles of flowering currant, lilac, wild rose, and rhododendron closed them in.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis

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