blackcurrantn.

Brit.

/ˌblakˈkʌrənt/,

/ˌblakˈkʌrn̩t/, U.S.

/ˌblækˈkərənt/

Forms: see black adj. and currant n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: black adj., currant n.

Etymology: < black adj. + currant n. Compare slightly earlier redcurrant n.

1. The edible fruit of the shrub Ribes nigrum and its cultivated varieties (see sense 2), a small, round, dark purple berry with a slightly sour taste, formerly used medicinally, and now chiefly for flavouring drinks such as wine and cordial, and for culinary purposes, esp. in desserts and preserves.

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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > currant > black currant

blackcurrant1629

blackberry1852

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > currants

St John's berry1561

currant1578

redcurrant1620

squinancy berry1782

garnet-berry1863

blackcurrant1895

1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole iii. ii. 558 The blacke Curran bush riseth higher than the white.

1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden clxxvi. 274 The black sort is generally called..in English Black Currans, as other are Red and White; but the White are called Gozell in some parts of Kent.

1754 J. Hill Useful Family Herbal 111 The Juice of Black Currants boiled up with Sugar to a Jelly, is an excellent Remedy against sore Throats.

1806 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 466 It would require a volume to expatiate on the numberless qualities of black currants.

1895 H. H. Peerless Diary 27 July in Brief Jolly Change (2003) 21 Next come roast lamb, cabinet puddings, blancmange and stewed blackcurrants.

1910 Table Talk Aug. 430/1 The black currant is a homely, wholesome fruit, excellent for pie or dumpling.

1965 Times 25 May 13/4 It takes a vast number of blackcurrants to come even half way up the smallest of receptacles.

2007 Hello! 17 July 142/3 Each tiny blackcurrant is bursting with more health-promoting antioxidants than most other fruit and vegetables.

2. The deciduous shrub Ribes nigrum (family Grossulariaceae) that produces these berries, native to Eurasia and bearing inconspicuous reddish-green flowers and having a distinctive aroma. Also: any of the numerous cultivars of this plant.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > currant bush

blackcurrant1633

currant-tree1649

currant1665

riberry1670

currant-bush1813

skunk curranta1817

1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) App. ii. 1593 They are distinguished into three sorts, Rubra, Alba, Nigra Ribesia, red, white, and blacke Currans.

1771 Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 119 These shrubs consist of willows..gooseberry, and black currants.

1822 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening iii. 826 The black currant bears chiefly on the shoots of the preceding year and also from snags and spurs.

1892 Canad. Horticulturalist Oct. 322 Growing Black Currants would be profitable, providing we could secure varieties that would be more fruitful than those commonly cultivated.

1908 Garden 26 Sept. 471/1 Black Currants need a cool root-run, and they will thrive on soil of a damp but not water-logged character.

1990 Amateur Gardening 3 Nov. 13/3 Whichever variety of blackcurrant you've chosen..give it the best possible start.

2007 J. R. Hanson Chem. in Garden vii. 99 The blackcurrant (Ribes nigra) is widely grown as a soft fruit. A characteristic feline odour is often observed..on pruning bushes.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, as blackcurrant bush, blackcurrant jam, blackcurrant jelly, blackcurrant wine, etc.

ΚΠ

1629Blackcurrant bush [see sense 1].

?1742 H. Glasse Compleat Confectioner 50 Black currant jelly... Make it the same as red currant jelly.

1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick 96 Take inwardly, one Dram of black Currant leaves powder'd. It is an excellent Counter-poison.

1806 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 466 I speak from experience when I say that black currant wine is a healthy beverage.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 5 Anonymous presents of black-currant jam, and lozenges.

1860 J. Andrews Breakfast, Dinner, & Tea 156 Black currant wine is an excellent medicine for fevers, ulcerous sore throats, and putrid dysentery.

1885 L. H. Grindon Fruits & Fruit-Trees vi. 137 ‘Black-currant tea’ is one of the oldest, as well as one of the most valued, of domestic remedial drinks.

1971 J. Kerr When Hitler stole Pink Rabbit xviii. 145 When they felt like a rest the grown-ups stopped for a drink and the children had cassis, which was blackcurrant juice.

1990 Garden Answers Nov. 34/1 My blackcurrant bushes have big bud mite and I have been told to spray with lime sulphur.

2006 L. Kitchen Grower's Market 44/2 Add a spoonful of blackcurrant jelly, a splash of balsamic vinegar and brown sugar.

C2.

blackcurrant gall mite n. a minute elongated mite, Cecidophyopsis ribis (family Eriophyidae), which is a pest of currant and gooseberry bushes, esp. blackcurrants, living inside the buds and causing the disease ‘big bud’.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by feeding or parasitism > parasite(s) > that attacks berry bushes

blackcurrant gall mite1885

blackcurrant mite1885

1885 E. A. Ormerod Rep. Observ. Injurious Insects 1884 33 The details of those [sc. the mouth-parts] of the Black Currant Gall-mite have not been described.

1937 K. M. Smith Textbk. Plant Virus Dis. viii. 548 Eriophyes ribis (Westw.) Nal. The black currant gall mite.

1996 Guardian 2 Mar. (Weekend Suppl.) 43/1 Swollen buds are caused by the blackcurrant gall mite.

blackcurrant mite n. = blackcurrant gall mite n.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by feeding or parasitism > parasite(s) > that attacks berry bushes

blackcurrant gall mite1885

blackcurrant mite1885

1885 E. A. Ormerod Rep. Observ. Injurious Insects 1884 77 The Black Currant Mite has been reported as seriously troublesome to growers at various localities.

1918 Board Agric. & Fisheries Leaflet No. 1 The disease known as ‘big bud’ in Black Currants, caused by the Black Currant Mite, was first recorded in these islands in the year 1869.

2009 J. F. M. Clark Bugs & Victorians ix. 191 The blackcurrant mite was a recurring subject of the Departmental Committee upon the Fruit Industry of Great Britain (1903–5).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blackcurrant
释义	blackcurrantn. Brit. /ˌblakˈkʌrənt/, /ˌblakˈkʌrn̩t/, U.S. /ˌblækˈkərənt/ Forms: see black adj. and currant n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: black adj., currant n. Etymology: < black adj. + currant n. Compare slightly earlier redcurrant n. 1. The edible fruit of the shrub Ribes nigrum and its cultivated varieties (see sense 2), a small, round, dark purple berry with a slightly sour taste, formerly used medicinally, and now chiefly for flavouring drinks such as wine and cordial, and for culinary purposes, esp. in desserts and preserves. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > currant > black currant blackcurrant1629 blackberry1852 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > currants St John's berry1561 currant1578 redcurrant1620 squinancy berry1782 garnet-berry1863 blackcurrant1895 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole iii. ii. 558 The blacke Curran bush riseth higher than the white. 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden clxxvi. 274 The black sort is generally called..in English Black Currans, as other are Red and White; but the White are called Gozell in some parts of Kent. 1754 J. Hill Useful Family Herbal 111 The Juice of Black Currants boiled up with Sugar to a Jelly, is an excellent Remedy against sore Throats. 1806 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 466 It would require a volume to expatiate on the numberless qualities of black currants. 1895 H. H. Peerless Diary 27 July in Brief Jolly Change (2003) 21 Next come roast lamb, cabinet puddings, blancmange and stewed blackcurrants. 1910 Table Talk Aug. 430/1 The black currant is a homely, wholesome fruit, excellent for pie or dumpling. 1965 Times 25 May 13/4 It takes a vast number of blackcurrants to come even half way up the smallest of receptacles. 2007 Hello! 17 July 142/3 Each tiny blackcurrant is bursting with more health-promoting antioxidants than most other fruit and vegetables. 2. The deciduous shrub Ribes nigrum (family Grossulariaceae) that produces these berries, native to Eurasia and bearing inconspicuous reddish-green flowers and having a distinctive aroma. Also: any of the numerous cultivars of this plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > currant bush blackcurrant1633 currant-tree1649 currant1665 riberry1670 currant-bush1813 skunk curranta1817 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) App. ii. 1593 They are distinguished into three sorts, Rubra, Alba, Nigra Ribesia, red, white, and blacke Currans. 1771 Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 119 These shrubs consist of willows..gooseberry, and black currants. 1822 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening iii. 826 The black currant bears chiefly on the shoots of the preceding year and also from snags and spurs. 1892 Canad. Horticulturalist Oct. 322 Growing Black Currants would be profitable, providing we could secure varieties that would be more fruitful than those commonly cultivated. 1908 Garden 26 Sept. 471/1 Black Currants need a cool root-run, and they will thrive on soil of a damp but not water-logged character. 1990 Amateur Gardening 3 Nov. 13/3 Whichever variety of blackcurrant you've chosen..give it the best possible start. 2007 J. R. Hanson Chem. in Garden vii. 99 The blackcurrant (Ribes nigra) is widely grown as a soft fruit. A characteristic feline odour is often observed..on pruning bushes. Compounds C1. General attributive, as blackcurrant bush, blackcurrant jam, blackcurrant jelly, blackcurrant wine, etc. ΚΠ 1629Blackcurrant bush [see sense 1]. ?1742 H. Glasse Compleat Confectioner 50 Black currant jelly... Make it the same as red currant jelly. 1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick 96 Take inwardly, one Dram of black Currant leaves powder'd. It is an excellent Counter-poison. 1806 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 466 I speak from experience when I say that black currant wine is a healthy beverage. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 5 Anonymous presents of black-currant jam, and lozenges. 1860 J. Andrews Breakfast, Dinner, & Tea 156 Black currant wine is an excellent medicine for fevers, ulcerous sore throats, and putrid dysentery. 1885 L. H. Grindon Fruits & Fruit-Trees vi. 137 ‘Black-currant tea’ is one of the oldest, as well as one of the most valued, of domestic remedial drinks. 1971 J. Kerr When Hitler stole Pink Rabbit xviii. 145 When they felt like a rest the grown-ups stopped for a drink and the children had cassis, which was blackcurrant juice. 1990 Garden Answers Nov. 34/1 My blackcurrant bushes have big bud mite and I have been told to spray with lime sulphur. 2006 L. Kitchen Grower's Market 44/2 Add a spoonful of blackcurrant jelly, a splash of balsamic vinegar and brown sugar. C2. blackcurrant gall mite n. a minute elongated mite, Cecidophyopsis ribis (family Eriophyidae), which is a pest of currant and gooseberry bushes, esp. blackcurrants, living inside the buds and causing the disease ‘big bud’. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by feeding or parasitism > parasite(s) > that attacks berry bushes blackcurrant gall mite1885 blackcurrant mite1885 1885 E. A. Ormerod Rep. Observ. Injurious Insects 1884 33 The details of those [sc. the mouth-parts] of the Black Currant Gall-mite have not been described. 1937 K. M. Smith Textbk. Plant Virus Dis. viii. 548 Eriophyes ribis (Westw.) Nal. The black currant gall mite. 1996 Guardian 2 Mar. (Weekend Suppl.) 43/1 Swollen buds are caused by the blackcurrant gall mite. blackcurrant mite n. = blackcurrant gall mite n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by feeding or parasitism > parasite(s) > that attacks berry bushes blackcurrant gall mite1885 blackcurrant mite1885 1885 E. A. Ormerod Rep. Observ. Injurious Insects 1884 77 The Black Currant Mite has been reported as seriously troublesome to growers at various localities. 1918 Board Agric. & Fisheries Leaflet No. 1 The disease known as ‘big bud’ in Black Currants, caused by the Black Currant Mite, was first recorded in these islands in the year 1869. 2009 J. F. M. Clark Bugs & Victorians ix. 191 The blackcurrant mite was a recurring subject of the Departmental Committee upon the Fruit Industry of Great Britain (1903–5). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1629
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