white currant

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

The carnation cherries must have red currant jelly; if you have not white currant jelly for the morella, codling jelly will do.

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

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

It is important to note that a complex having all the chemical characteristics of a ligno-cellulose occurs in a soluble colloidal form in the juice of the white currant.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various