golden currant

noun

1. a western North American shrub, Ribes aureum, of the saxifrage family, having purplish fruit and fragrant, drooping clusters of yellow flowers that turn reddish.

Word History and Origins

Origin of golden currant¹

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05

Example Sentences

River Partners plants many species — trees like cottonwood and black willow, shrubs like golden currant and valley elderberry and a variety of grasses — all of which can recover after being underwater for months.

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If standards are desired, the gooseberry may be with advantage grafted or budded on stocks of some other species of Ribes, R. aureum, the ornamental golden currant of the flower garden, answering well for the purpose.

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Flowers bright yellow, conspicuous; calyx-tube narrow, with spreading lobes Golden Currant, Ribes aureum. 10a.

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