buffalo currant

buffalo currant

noun
an ornamental shrub, Ribes odoratum, of the central U.S., having showy, drooping clusters of fragrant yellow flowers and edible black fruit.

Origin:
1860–65, Americanism; so called from its growth in a region where there were buffalo
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