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white currant

British  

noun

  1. a cultivated N temperate shrub, Ribes sativum, having small rounded white edible berries: family Grossulariaceae

"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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Potato flatbread with spruce sprout pesto and pickled white currant.

From Salon Mar. 8, 2026

Boughs of cedar, white currant and flowering plum hung in bouquets from its corners, and its lip was decorated with prayer flags.

From New York Times May 25, 2017

I will leave you to talk to him a bit while I open a bottle of our white currant wine to hearten you for your walk home.'

From Lover or Friend by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

A tablespoonful of white currant juice, if any can be had, is even better than lemon.

From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by Gillette, F. L. (Fanny Lemira)

Proceed as directed for white currant wine, but use loaf-sugar.

From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady

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