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blackcurrant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈblækˌkɜɹənt/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈblækˌkʌɹənt/ (UK)

Etymology

From black + currant.

Meanings

1. 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. 2003, European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy, ESCOP Monographs: The Scientific Foundation for Herbal Medicinal Products, page 426:
   • 1993, R. D. Davidson, 19: The vegetation of Lough Neagh wetlands, R.B. Wood, R.V. Smith (editors), Lough Neagh: The Ecology of a Multipurpose Water Resource, Monographae Biologicae: Volume 69, page 487, Blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum) and guelder rose (Viburnum opulus) are frequent but alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus) a common constituent of East Anglian carr is very rare.
   • On this first day I concentrated on bushes - gooseberry and blackcurrants for the bottom end borders, rhododendrons for the front inside the wall and a couple of hydrangeas in the spaces left in the monoblocking to the left of the front door. 2005, Bernard Stocks, The Teenage Pensioner, page 112:
2. The berry borne by this shrub.
   • Their wines are intense and elegant, tasting of blackcurrants and made to be aged. 2003, Maria Villegas, Kay Halsey, Sarah Randell, A Little Taste of France, page 120:
   • 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. 2011, Katherine Swift, The Morville Hours: The Story of a Garden, page 222:

Forms

Deriveds

blackcurranty · northern black currant

Synonyms

black

Translations (95)

ja カシス (berry) · sh crni ribiz (berry) · fo sólber (berry) · hu fekete ribizli (berry) · tr kuş üzümü (shrub) · et mustsõstrapõõsas (shrub) · et mustsõstar (berry) · mt passulina sewda (berry) · mk црна рибизла (berry) · nb solbærbusk (shrub) · bg касис (shrub) · fi mustaherukka (shrub) · fr cassis (berry) · fi mustaherukka (berry) · nb solbærplante (shrub) · cmn 黑加侖 /黑加仑 (shrub) · de schwarze Ribisel (berry) · af swartaalbessie (berry) · fi mustaherukkapensas (shrub) · mk црна рибизла (shrub) · cmn 黑醋栗 (berry) · izh musta seestara (shrub) · uk чо́рна сморо́дина (shrub) · gl sorbeira (shrub) · ar عِنَب الثَّعْلَب (shrub) · yue 黑加侖子 /黑加仑子 (berry) · el φραγκοσταφυλιά (shrub) · tr siyah frenk üzümü (shrub) · sw mtunda bukini mweusi (shrub) · ar كِشْمِش أَسْوَد (berry) · ar عِنَب الثَّعْلَب (berry) · sv svarta vinbär (berry) · da solbær (berry) · tr siyah frenk üzümü (berry) · af swartaalbessiebos (shrub) · cs černý rybíz (berry) · pt groselha negra (berry) · de schwarze Johannisbeere (berry) · pt groselheira negra (shrub) · fi mustaviinimarjapensas (shrub) · de Aalbeere (berry) · ca riber negre (shrub) · fr cassissier (shrub) · ltg upine (berry) · he עִנְּבֵי שׁוּעָל (berry) · cs černý rybíz (shrub) · sl črni ribez (berry) · de schwarze Johannisbeere (shrub) · ja クロスグリ (berry) · ar عِنَب الذِّئْب (shrub) · sv svartvinbärsbuske (shrub) · ca groseller negre (shrub) · io kasisiero (shrub) · bg френско грозде (shrub) · niv ӿойӈи (shrub) · es grosellero negro (shrub) · it ribes nero (berry) · nl zwarte bes (berry) · nl zwarte bessenstruik (shrub) · nl zwarte bes (shrub) · sh crni ribiz (shrub) · izh musta seestaramarja (berry) · lv upene (berry) · sh црни рибиз (berry) · ko 블랙커런트 (berry) · sw tunda bukini jeusi (berry) · tr kuş üzümü (berry) · nn solbærbusk (shrub) · gl grosella (berry) · io kasiso (berry) · pl czarna porzeczka (shrub) · de Aalbeere (shrub) · el φραγκοστάφυλο (berry) · ru чёрная сморо́дина (shrub) · cmn 黑加侖 /黑加仑 (berry) · uk чо́рна сморо́дина (berry) · ar كِشْمِش أَسْوَد (shrub) · gl groselleira (shrub) · cmn 黑醋栗 (shrub) · pl czarna porzeczka (berry) · is sólber (berry) · ru чёрная сморо́дина (berry) · et mustsõstar (shrub) · fi mustaviinimarja (berry) · ar عِنَب الذِّئْب (berry) · bg касис (berry) · niv ӿойӈи (berry) · sh црни рибиз (shrub) · no solbær (berry) · de schwarze Ribisel (shrub) · hu fekete ribiszke (berry) · es casis (berry) · yue 黑加侖子 /黑加仑子 (shrub) · es grosella negra (berry) · fr groseillier noir (shrub)