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red currant
noun
- any of various currant shrubs of the genus Ribes, bearing an edible, red fruit.
- the fruit itself.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of red currant1
First recorded in 1620–30
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Example Sentences
Pound it in a mortar with some red currant jelly and make up into small cakes with raw eggs.
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A wineglassful of port should be added, and a good spoonful of red currant jelly should be dissolved in it.
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Strain the vegetables and add them to the stew, with a glass of port wine and two ounces of red currant jelly.
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It looked for all the world like a large, red currant fleshy against the wind.
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Both require to be well basted, and eaten with red currant jelly, to make them at all palatable.
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