Meaning

2 senses
  1. A deciduous shrub, Ribes rubrum, native to western Europe; any of certain cultivars of the shrub.

  2. 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 sentences
  1. Red currants are smaller than strawberries.

    Червона смородина менша за полуницю.

    ruСмородина меньше клубники.

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  2. Ziri made some red currant syrup.

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  3. Red currants, despite what their color might indicate, are not poisonous.

    ruКрасная смородина, вопреки своему цвету, не ядовита.

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Translations

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Forms

plural: red currants

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

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