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white currant

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noun

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

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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

When the scum ceases to rise, put in the white currant juice and boil it fast for ten minutes.

From Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches by Eliza Leslie

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 F. L. (Fanny Lemira) Gillette

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 Rosa Nouchette Carey

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