currant

currant
noun
  1. a small dried fruit made from a small seedless variety of grape originally grown in the eastern Mediterranean region and much used in cookery
    无核小葡萄干(原产于东地中海地区常用于烹调)
    [as modifier]a currant bun.
    葡萄干小圆面包。
  2. a Eurasian shrub which produces small edible black, red, or white berries
    茶藨子,醋栗
  3. Genus Ribes, family Grossulariaceae: several species, including blackcurrant and redcurrant
    茶藨属,茶藨子科: 数种,包括黑茶藨子和红醋栗
    ■a berry from such a shrub
    醋栗果
语源
  1. Middle English raisons of Corauntz, translating Anglo-Norman French raisins de Corauntz 'grapes of Corinth' (the original source)
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