red currant
A deciduous shrub, Ribes rubrum, native to western EuropeA deciduous shrub, Ribes rubrum, native to western Europe; any of certain cultivars of the shrub.
» Red currants are smaller than strawberries.
Смородина меньше клубники.
Червона смородина менша за полуницю.
Meaning
2 sensesA deciduous shrub, Ribes rubrum, native to western Europe; any of certain cultivars of the shrub.
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.
rote Johannisbeere, rote Ribisel
кра́сная сморо́динаkrásnaja smoródina
черво́на порі́чкаčervóna poríčka
cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries
Examples
3 sentencesRed currants are smaller than strawberries.
Червона смородина менша за полуницю.
ruСмородина меньше клубники.
Ziri made some red currant syrup.
Red currants, despite what their color might indicate, are not poisonous.
ruКрасная смородина, вопреки своему цвету, не ядовита.
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Forms
plural: red currantsSynonyms
4 synonyms- cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries:garden currentRibes rubrum