currant

English Thesaurus

1. any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams (noun.food)

hypernym	:	berry,
definition	:	any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves (noun.food)

hyponym	:	gooseberry,
definition	:	currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies (noun.food)

hyponym	:	black currant,
definition	:	small black berries used in jams and jellies (noun.food)

hyponym	:	red currant,
definition	:	small red berries used primarily in jams and jellies (noun.food)

2. small dried seedless raisin grown in the Mediterranean region and California; used in cooking (noun.food)

hypernym	:	raisin,
definition	:	dried grape (noun.food)

3. any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	bush, shrub,
definition	:	a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	garden current, red currant, ribes rubrum,
definition	:	cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	black currant, european black currant, ribes nigrum,
definition	:	widely cultivated current bearing edible black aromatic berries (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	ribes sativum, white currant,
definition	:	garden currant bearing small white berries (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	ribes sanguineum, winter currant,
definition	:	a flowering shrub (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus ribes, ribes,
definition	:	a flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries; native to northern hemisphere (noun.plant)