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INDIAN CURRANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Indian currant mean?
• INDIAN CURRANT (noun)
The noun INDIAN CURRANT has 1 sense:
1. North American deciduous shrub cultivated for it abundant clusters of coral-red berrylike fruits
Familiarity information: INDIAN CURRANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American deciduous shrub cultivated for it abundant clusters of coral-red berrylike fruits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
coralberry; Indian currant; Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Hypernyms ("Indian currant" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("Indian currant" is a member of...):
genus Symphoricarpos; Symphoricarpos (deciduous shrubs of North America and Central America and China)
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