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EUROPEAN BLACK CURRANT

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Meaning:

Widely cultivated current bearing edible black aromatic berries

Synonyms:

black currant; European black currant; Ribes nigrum

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Nouns denoting plants

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

currant; currant bush (any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants)

Meronyms (parts of "European black currant"):

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

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

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

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