red currant

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of red currant¹

First recorded in 1620–30

Example Sentences

Bright cherry, red currant and raspberry flavors cascade across your palate, carried by an elegant bead of bubbles.

From Washington Post

Brownies can bring out red currant flavors in a pinot grigio.

From Washington Post

His pinot grigio features flavors of red currants and wild herbs, buttressed by tannins from the grape skins.

From Washington Post

Pound it in a mortar with some red currant jelly and make up into small cakes with raw eggs.

From Project Gutenberg

A wineglassful of port should be added, and a good spoonful of red currant jelly should be dissolved in it.

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Strain the vegetables and add them to the stew, with a glass of port wine and two ounces of red currant jelly.

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It looked for all the world like a large, red currant fleshy against the wind.

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Both require to be well basted, and eaten with red currant jelly, to make them at all palatable.

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