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black currant

noun

  1. the small, round, blackish, edible fruit of a widely cultivated shrub, Ribes nigrum, of the saxifrage family.
  2. the shrub itself.


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So Emmie was duly cosseted by Aunt Jerusha, and given delicious black-currant jelly.

At seven he painted the Battle of Waterloo with tiger-lily pollen and black-currant juice, in the absence of water-colours.

In the same manner may be made black currant jelly, but allowing sixteen ounces of sugar to a pint of juice.

Lemonade or tamarind tea, with some Syrup of Poppies added, may be freely drunk, or some of the black currant root tea.

Quin′sy-berr′y, the common black-currant; Quin′sy-wort, a small trailing British herb of the madder family.

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