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Currant
currant
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)
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noun Etymology: Middle English raison of Coraunte, literally, raisin of Corinth Date: 14th century a small seedless raisin grown chiefly in the Levant, the acid edible fruit of various shrubs (genus Ribes) placed in either the saxifrage or gooseberry family ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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