red currant


noun
  1. any of various currant shrubs of the genus Ribes, bearing an edible, red fruit.

  2. the fruit itself.

Origin of red currant

1
First recorded in 1620–30

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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 Salis
  • A 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 Salis
  • Strain 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 Salis
  • It looked for all the world like a large, red currant fleshy against the wind.

    The Land of Look Behind | Paul Cameron Brown
  • Both 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

redcurrant

/ (ˈrɛdˈkʌrənt) /


noun
  1. 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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