Phrase Hound found 16 phrases and 6 compound words that contain currant. The most common are listed below. Open currant in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 16
- red currantA deciduous shrub, Ribes rubrum, native to western Europe; any of certain cultivars of the shrub.
- white currantA deciduous shrub, a less sour and colourless cultivar of Ribes rubrum (red currant), though sometimes named Ribes sativum or Ribes silvestre, and sold as a different fruit.
- currant bunA bun containing currants.
- Zante currantA small, sweet, seedless black grape with an intense flavour when dried, from a cultivar of Vitis vinifera the grape vine.
- northern black currantA species of currant found in North America, Ribes hudsonianum.
- black currantAlternative form of blackcurrant: A shrub, Ribes nigrum, that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries.
- currant bunsplural of currant bun: A bun containing currants.
- currant tomatoSolanum pimpinellifolium, a small, sweet wild tomato native to Ecuador and Peru.
- flowering currantA plant, Ribes sanguineum
- golden currantThe fruit of various shrubs of the species Ribes aureum.
- Missouri currantSynonym of Missouri gooseberry: A prickly, many-stemmed shrub with edible fruit, Ribes missouriense, native to the northcentral United States.
- snow currantThe fruit of various shrubs of the species Ribes niveum.
- sticky currantRibes viscosissimum, a eudicot in the family Grossulariaceae.
- wax currantThe fruit of various shrubs of the species Ribes cereum.
- cherry currantA large variety of red currant native to North America, Ribes cereum.
- currant tomatoesplural of currant tomato: Solanum pimpinellifolium, a small, sweet wild tomato native to Ecuador and Peru.
Compound words 6
- blackcurrantA shrub, Ribes nigrum, that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries.
- currantyResembling or characteristic of currants.
- currantlikeResembling or characteristic of a currant.
- redcurrantAlternative spelling of red currant: A deciduous shrub, Ribes rubrum, native to western Europe; any of certain cultivars of the shrub.
- whitecurrantAlternative spelling of white currant: A deciduous shrub, a less sour and colourless cultivar of Ribes rubrum (red currant), though sometimes named Ribes sativum or Ribes silvestre, and sold as a different fruit.
- currantoesplural of curranto: Archaic form of coranto (early informational broadsheet).