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CURRANT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("currant" is a kind of...):

berry (any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "currant"):

gooseberry (currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies)

black currant (small black berries used in jams and jellies)

red currant (small red berries used primarily in jams and jellies)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small dried seedless raisin grown in the Mediterranean region and California; used in cooking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("currant" is a kind of...):

raisin (dried grape)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants

Synonyms:

currant; currant bush

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("currant" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "currant"):

garden current; red currant; Ribes rubrum (cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries)

black currant; European black currant; Ribes nigrum (widely cultivated current bearing edible black aromatic berries)

Ribes sativum; white currant (garden currant bearing small white berries)

Ribes sanguineum; winter currant (a flowering shrub)

Holonyms ("currant" is a member of...):

genus Ribes; Ribes (a flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries; native to northern hemisphere)

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