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currant
/ˈkʌɹɪnt/
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What does currant mean?
noun
- A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape.
- The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, white, black or red.
- A shrub bearing such fruit.
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proper noun
- A surname from Old French.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkʌɹɪnt/
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗Other dictionary pronunciations
/ˈkʌɹənt//ˈkɜɹɪnt//ˈkɜɹənt/
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He flew on to the nearest currant bush and tilted his head and sang a little song right at him.
The common gooseberry, for instance, cannot be grafted on the currant, whereas the currant will take, though with difficulty, on the gooseberry.
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Soils naturally deficient in this, and which cannot be made drought-resisting by deep plowing and cultivation, are not adapted to the currant.
Use hellebore, rather than Paris green, for the last brood of currant worms, and apply it as soon as the worms appear.
She had wandered to the side garden, where she was walking up and down the path beside the currant bushes under the long wall.