Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name given in Jamaica to several shrubs bearing yellow drupes or berries of the size of currants, especially to Jacquinia armillaris, Bourreria succulenta, and B. tomentosa.
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Examples
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She was apparently incapable of seeing the difference between that pastime and sitting on the sea-wall behind a large flowering currant-tree with a man who did not pretend to hide the fact that he was in love with her.
With Edged Tools Henry Seton Merriman 1882
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All the fruits of Europe, beftde thofe found in Egypt, are produced here, except the hazel-nut, the filbert, the goofeberry and currant-tree.
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