red currant
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red currant
- /ˈɹɛdˌkʌɹənt/ UK
- /ˈɹɛdˌkɜɹənt/ US
- /ˈɹɛdˌkʌɹənt/ US
noun red currants · redcurrant · red-currant
- A deciduous shrub, Ribes rubrum, native to western Europe; any of certain cultivars of the shrub. And a hint of still waters, a stream, a brook, a rivulet, meandering with flashes of brilliance through the lush dense greenery, among shadowy plants that might have been blackberries or redcurrants, although what redcurrants and blackberries might be Yoel had not the faintest notion, and even the n
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The bright red translucent edible berry of this plant.
1995, Elizabeth Howard, Casting Off, Cazalet Chronicles, Book 4, 2006, unnumbered page,
Her mouth was pale red and translucent, like the skin of a redcurrant.
Similar: garnetberry, wineberry
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noun fruit
| Español | agraz, calderilla |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 紅醋栗 /红醋栗 hóng cùlì |
| Kiswahili | tunda bukini jekundu |
| Português | groselha vermelha |
| Français | groseille rouge |
| Deutsch | Johannisbeere |
| Italiano | ribes rosso |
| Ελληνικά | φραγκοστάφυλο fragkostáfylo |
| Română | coacăză roșie |
| Русский | кра́сная сморо́дина krásnaja smoródina |
| العربية | كِشْمِش أَحْمَر kišmiš ʔaḥmar |
noun plant
| Español | agraz, calderilla |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | mtunda bukini mwekundu |
| Português | groselheira vermelha |
| Français | groseillier à grappes |
| Deutsch | rote Johannisbeere |
| Ελληνικά | φραγκοσταφυλιά fragkostafyliá |
| Română | coacăz roșu |
| Русский | кра́сная сморо́дина krásnaja smoródina |
| العربية | كِشْمِش أَحْمَر kišmiš ʔaḥmar |
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title = {red currant},
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