blackcurrant
blackcurrant Lexical Profile
blackcurrant Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The small, dark purple to black edible berry of the shrub Ribes nigrum, having a tart, aromatic flavor and high vitamin C content, widely used in jams, syrups, cordials, and liqueurs.
"She stirred a spoonful of homemade blackcurrant jam into her morning yogurt."
A deciduous woody shrub (Ribes nigrum) in the family Grossulariaceae, native to temperate parts of central and northern Europe and northern Asia, cultivated for its aromatic leaves and clusters of dark berries.
"We planted three blackcurrant bushes along the sunny garden wall."
Word Origin & Etymology
A compound formed from 'black' and 'currant', the latter deriving from the Anglo-Norman phrase 'raisins de Corauntz' (raisins of Corinth), originally used for small dried grapes from Greece and later applied to native Ribes berries.