blackcurrant
noun/ˈblækˌkʌɹənt/UK/ˈblækˌkɜɹənt/US
Etymology
From black + currant.
Definitions
A shrub, Ribes nigrum, that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries.
- Blackcurrant leaf has a diuretic action [11,12,14], therefore it should not be taken concurrently with diuretics indicated for cardiac or renal insufficiency except on medical advice.
The berry borne by this shrub.
- Their wines are intense and elegant, tasting of blackcurrants and made to be aged.
- Blackcurrant jam is easy, but this year I have left the blackcurrants so long that they are sweet and ripe enough to eat raw: delicious rolled in a crunch of granulated sugar.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for blackcurrant. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA