RED CURRANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red currant mean? 

• RED CURRANT (noun)
  The noun RED CURRANT has 2 senses:

1. cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries

2. small red berries used primarily in jams and jellies

  Familiarity information: RED CURRANT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RED CURRANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

garden current; red currant; Ribes rubrum

Hypernyms ("red currant" is a kind of...):

currant; currant bush (any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants)

Meronyms (parts of "red currant"):

red currant (small red berries used primarily in jams and jellies)

Holonyms ("red currant" is a member of...):

genus Ribes; Ribes (a flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries; native to northern hemisphere)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small red berries used primarily in jams and jellies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("red currant" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("red currant" is a part of...):

garden current; red currant; Ribes rubrum (cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries)