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1. (n.) currant
a small seedless raisin, produced chiefly in California and in the Levant, used in cooking.
2. currant
the small, round, sour berry of certain shrubs of the genus Ribes, of the saxifrage family.
3. currant
the shrub itself.
Etymology: (1300–50; shortened from ME raysons of Coraunte raisins of Corinth , from which they orig. came)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) currant
any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams
2. (noun) currant, currant bush
any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants
3. (noun) currant
small dried seedless raisin grown in the Mediterranean region and California; used in cooking
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1. (noun) currant
a small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery
2. (noun) currant
the acid fruit or berry of the Ribes rubrum or common red currant, or of its variety, the white currant
3. (noun) currant
a shrub or bush of several species of the genus Ribes (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the Ribes rubrum
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Sense: a small black raisin or dried seedless grape
This cake has currants in it.
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 Afrikaans: korint |
 Arabic: زَبيب |
 Bulgarian: стафида |
 Brazilian: corinto |
 Czech: (h)rozinka |
 German: die Korinthe |
 Danish: korend |
 Greek: σταφίδα |
 Spanish: pasa |
 Estonian: korint |
 Farsi: کشمش بی دانه |
 Finnish: korintti |
 French: raisin sec |
 Hebrew: צִמוּק |
 Hindi: मुनक्का |
 Croatian: grožđica, ribiz |
 Hungarian: mazsola |
 Indonesian: kismis |
 Icelandic: kúrenna |
 Italian: uvetta |
 Japanese: 干しぶどう |
 Korean: 건포도 |
 Lithuanian: razina, džiovinta besėklė |
 Latvian: korinte |
 Malay: anggur |
 Dutch: krent |
 Norwegian: korint |
 Polish: rodzynek |
 Persian: کشمش بی دانه |
 Pashto: بی دانی ممیز |
 Portuguese: corinto |
 Romanian: stafidă |
 Russian: коринка |
 Slovak: hrozienko |
 Slovenian: rozina |
 Serbian: ribizla |
 Swedish: korint |
 Thai: ลูกเกดดำหรือไม่มีเมล็ด |
 Turkish: frenküzümü |
 Taiwanese: (無子)葡萄乾 |
 Ukrainian: коринка |
 Urdu: كشمش، منقى |
 Vietnamese: nho Hy Lạp |
 Chinese: （无核）葡萄干 |
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