Definition of Curant
Cur"rant (k?r"rant), n. [F.
corinthe (raisins de Corinthe raisins of Corinth)
currant (in sense 1), from the city of Corinth in Greece,
whence, probably, the small dried grape (1) was first imported,
the Ribes fruit (2) receiving the name from its
resemblance to that grape.]
1. A small kind of seedless raisin,
imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; --
used in cookery.
2. The acid fruit or berry of the
Ribes rubrum or common red currant, or of its variety, the
white currant.
3. (Bot.) A shrub or bush of
several species of the genus Ribes (a genus also including
the gooseberry); esp., the Ribes rubrum.
Black currant,a shrub or bush (Ribes
nigrum and R. floridum) and its black, strong-
flavored, tonic fruit. -- Cherry currant,
a variety of the red currant, having a strong, symmetrical
bush and a very large berry. -- Currant
borer (Zoöl.), the larva of an insect
that bores into the pith and kills currant bushes; specif., the
larvae of a small clearwing moth (Ægeria
tipuliformis) and a longicorn beetle (Psenocerus
supernotatus). -- Currant worm
(Zoöl.), an insect larva which eats the leaves or
fruit of the currant. The most injurious are the currant sawfly
(Nematus ventricosus), introduced from Europe, and the
spanworm (Eufitchia ribearia). The fruit worms are the
larva of a fly (Epochra Canadensis), and a spanworm
(Eupithecia). -- Flowering currant,
Missouri currant, a species of Ribes
(R. aureum), having showy yellow flowers.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A small dried grape.
- The fruit of various bushes of the genus Ribes, either white, black or red.
- A bush bearing such fruit.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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