red currant
any of various currant shrubs of the genus Ribes, bearing an edible, red fruit.
the fruit itself.
Origin of red currant
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How to use red currant in a sentence
Pound it in a mortar with some red currant jelly and make up into small cakes with raw eggs.
Dressed Game and Poultry la Mode | Harriet A. de SalisA wineglassful of port should be added, and a good spoonful of red currant jelly should be dissolved in it.
Dressed Game and Poultry la Mode | Harriet A. de SalisStrain the vegetables and add them to the stew, with a glass of port wine and two ounces of red currant jelly.
Dressed Game and Poultry la Mode | Harriet A. de SalisIt looked for all the world like a large, red currant fleshy against the wind.
The Land of Look Behind | Paul Cameron BrownBoth require to be well basted, and eaten with red currant jelly, to make them at all palatable.
The Last Voyage | Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
British Dictionary definitions for redcurrant
/ (ˈrɛdˈkʌrənt) /
a N temperate shrub, Ribes rubrum, having greenish flowers and small edible rounded red berries: family Grossulariaceae
the fruit of this shrub
(as modifier): redcurrant jelly
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