Definitions for currant
ˈkɜr ənt, ˈkʌr-cur·rant

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.3 / 4 votes

1. currantnoun

   any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams

2. currant, currant bushnoun

   any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants

3. currantnoun

   small dried seedless raisin grown in the Mediterranean region and California; used in cooking

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. currantnoun

   A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape, rarely more than 4mm diameter when dried.

2. currantnoun

   The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, either white, black or red.

3. currantnoun

   A shrub bearing such fruit.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Currantnoun

   1. The tree hath no prickles; the leaves are large: the flower consists of five leaves, placed in form of a rose: the ovary, which arises from the center of the flower-cup, becomes a globular fruit, produced in bunches.2. A small dried grape, properly written corinth.

   They butter’d currants on fat veal bestow’d,
   And rumps of beef with virgin honey stew’d;
   Insipid taste, old friend, to them who Paris know,
   Where rocombole, shallot, and the rank garlick grow. King.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. currant

   A currant is a small, edible berry that comes from shrubs in the Ribes family. They are often used in cooking and baking and can be red, black, or white in color, varying in tartness and sweetness. The term "currant" is also used to refer to specific varieties of seedless raisins, dried from a type of small, sweet grape originally grown in the region of ancient Corinth and known for their black color.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Currantnoun

   a small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery

2. Currantnoun

   the acid fruit or berry of the Ribes rubrum or common red currant, or of its variety, the white currant

3. Currantnoun

   a shrub or bush of several species of the genus Ribes (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the Ribes rubrum

4. Etymology: [F. corinthe (raisins de Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving the name from its resemblance to that grape.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Currant

   Ribes is a genus of about 150 species of flowering plants native throughout the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It is usually treated as the only genus in the family Grossulariaceae. Seven subgenera are recognized. Sometimes Ribes is instead included in the family Saxifragaceae. A few taxonomists place the gooseberry species in a separate genus of Grossularia.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Currant

   kur′ant, n. a small kind of raisin or dried grape imported from the Levant: the fruit of several species of ribes.—ns. Curr′ant-jell′y; Curr&prprime;ant-wine. [From Corinth.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. currant

   A type of cultivar, food, plant and seed.

   Currants are a popular food choice as a snack or an ingredient for cakes.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on October 27, 2015  

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1. • Berry
   • Raisin
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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of currant in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of currant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=currant
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Currant
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=currant
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/currant
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=currant
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=currant