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(currants) 1. Currants are small dried black grapes, used especially in cakes. N-COUNT 2. Currants are bushes which produce edible red, black, or white berries. The berries are also called currants. N-COUNT see also blackcurrant, redcurrant ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle English raison of Coraunte, literally, raisin of Corinth Date: 14th century 1. a small seedless raisin grown chiefly in the Levant 2. the acid edible fruit of various shrubs (genus Ribes) placed in either the saxifrage or gooseberry family; also a plant bearing ~s ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a dried fruit of a small seedless variety of grape grown in the Levant and much used in cookery. 2 a any of various shrubs of the genus Ribes producing red, white, or black berries. b a berry of these shrubs. Phrases and idioms flowering currant an ornamental species of currant native to N. America. Etymology: ME raysons of coraunce f. AF, = grapes of Corinth (the orig. source) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) смородина (Ribes) 2) коринка (сорт винограда) – black currant – blue currant – buffalo currant – chapparal currant – clove currant – dikuscha currant – flowering currant – garden currant – golden currant – Indian currant – laurel currant – mountain currant – Nepal currant – nutmeg currant – prickly currant – red currant – red-flowering currant – rock-red currant – Russian currant – Siberian currant – skunk currant – stink currant – wax currant – white-flowered currant – wild black currant – winter currant – winterberry currant ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. бот. смородина (Ribes spp.) black currant —- черная смородина (Ribes nigrum) red currant —- красная смородина (Ribes rubrum) 2. смородина (ягода) 3. коринка; сабза ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1540, from M.E. raysyn of Curans "raisins of Corinth," with the -s- mistaken for a pl. inflection. From Anglo-Fr. reisin de Corauntz. The small, seedless raisins were exported from southern Greece. Then in 16c. the word was applied to an unrelated berry (genus Ribes) on its resemblance to the raisins. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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