EUROPEAN BLACK CURRANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does European black currant mean? 

• EUROPEAN BLACK CURRANT (noun)
  The noun EUROPEAN BLACK CURRANT has 1 sense:

1. widely cultivated current bearing edible black aromatic berries

  Familiarity information: EUROPEAN BLACK CURRANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EUROPEAN BLACK CURRANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Widely cultivated current bearing edible black aromatic berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black currant; European black currant; Ribes nigrum

Hypernyms ("European black currant" is a kind of...):

currant; currant bush (any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants)

Meronyms (parts of "European black currant"):

black currant (small black berries used in jams and jellies)

Holonyms ("European black currant" is a member of...):

genus Ribes; Ribes (a flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries; native to northern hemisphere)