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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cur•rant /ˈkɜrənt, ˈkʌr-/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Plant Biologya small seedless raisin used in cooking.
- Plant Biologythe small, round, sour berry of certain shrubs.
- Plant Biologythe shrub itself.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cur•rant (kûr′ənt, kur′-),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologya small seedless raisin, produced chiefly in California and in the Levant, and used in cookery and confectionery.
- Plant Biologythe small, edible, acid, round fruit or berry of certain wild or cultivated shrubs of the genus Ribes.
- Plant Biologythe shrub itself.
- Plant Biologyany of various similar fruits or shrubs.
- shortened from Middle English raysons of Coraunte raisins of Corinth, the port in Greece from which they origin, originally came 1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: currant /ˈkʌrənt/ n - a small dried seedless grape of the Mediterranean region, used in cooking
- any of several mainly N temperate shrubs of the genus Ribes, esp R. rubrum (redcurrant) and R. nigrum (blackcurrant): family Grossulariaceae
- the small acid fruit of any of these plants
Etymology: 16th Century: shortened from rayson of Corannte raisin of Corinth |