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

Example Sentences

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

Same with the eight jugs of red currant wine in Susan’s tale that become eight cases of mezcal in Sadie’s and eight bottles of plum brandy in Beckett’s.

From New York Times • May 20, 2024

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

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2022

This is textbook Loire sauvignon blanc, minerally and focused with red currant flavors.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2021

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