noun
any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants
• Syn: ↑currant
• Hyponyms:
↑red currant, ↑garden current, ↑Ribes rubrum, ↑black currant, ↑European black currant, ↑Ribes nigrum, ↑white currant, ↑Ribes sativum, ↑winter currant, ↑Ribes sanguineum
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ribes, ↑genus Ribes
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noun1. : currant 3
2. in Australia : a shrub (Apophyllum anomalum) of the family Capparidaceae that bears small berries and serves as a browse plant
Useful english dictionary. 2012.