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currant

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for currant.

Editorial note

The fungus does not spread from white pine to white pine, only from currants to currant, or currant to white pine, so eliminating the nearby currants protects the white pine industry.

Examples10
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, white, black or red.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of currant gathered in one view.

noun

The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, white, black or red.

noun

A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape.

noun

A shrub bearing such fruit.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for currant.

noun

The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, white, black or red.

noun

A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape.

noun

A shrub bearing such fruit.

noun

A surname from Old French.

Example sentences

1

The fungus does not spread from white pine to white pine, only from currants to currant, or currant to white pine, so eliminating the nearby currants protects the white pine industry.

2

That's because 90% of startups have only the most shallow bit of innovation going on, but they want to seem hip and au currant.

3

I clicked on it in part because I just tried an excellent Quebec Black Currant wine, Orsis by Domaine Ives Hill.

4

The closest I get to experiencing Black Currants in the US has been Black Currant Ice Cream in Indian Style Ice Cream shops and Duerr's Black Currant Preserve in Cost Plus World Market.

5

Real gooseberries are members of the currant family Grossulariaceae.

6

The capsules variant is made of roasted lupin, barley, fig, chickpeas, chicory, natural aroma, dried black currant and caffeine.

7

The filter blend is made of roasted lupin, barley, chickpeas, chicory, natural aroma, dried black currant, citric acid and caffeine.

8

> alternating currants Except we know the hertz will harm local timbre, even if some are okay the the currant's whine.

9

I worked for an ISP (Telinco/Northwest Net), that was a whitelabeller - two weeks before Freeserve launched in 1998 with no monthly fee and was paid for through 0845 chargeback, we launched Connect Free on the same premise, and then whitelabelled it - Totalise, Currant Bun (which was from the Sun newspaper - a newspaper had its own ISP!), and others.

Proper noun examples

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This is definitely a shill comment from Big Black Currant.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use currant in a sentence?

The fungus does not spread from white pine to white pine, only from currants to currant, or currant to white pine, so eliminating the nearby currants protects the white pine industry.

What does currant mean?

The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, white, black or red.

What part of speech is currant?

currant is commonly used as noun.