red currant

American  

noun

1. any of various currant shrubs of the genus Ribes, bearing an edible, red fruit.

2. the fruit itself.

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Etymology

Origin of red currant

First recorded in 1620–30

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red currant

A Pacific Northwest forest planted with Douglas fir, cedar, hemlock and larch underplanted with evergreen huckleberry, salal and ferns transitions to an open woodland of native dogwood trees, red twig dogwood and flowering red currant.

From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024

“Everything will die,” said Tetyana, 64, as she walked through her fruit and vegetable garden, with young tomato plants on her left and red currant and black currant bushes on her right.

From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2023

Q: We need to move established blueberry bushes and an established red currant bush this month.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2022

Here’s a cava with bright flavors of red currant and raspberries, and a persistent finish.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2019

Thinks about the breakfasts Mutti made—rye toast slicked with red currant jam made with berries that Helmuth picked himself.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti