meaning of currants
1. A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery.
2. The acid fruit or berry of the Ribes rubrum or common red currant, or of its variety, the white currant.
3. A shrub or bush of several species of the genus Ribes (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp. , the Ribes rubrum.
4. any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams
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