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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several currants having red berries, especially the widely cultivated Ribes rubrum, native to northern Europe.
- noun The sweet edible fruit of any of these plants.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
redcurrant .
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- noun small red berries used primarily in jams and jellies
- noun cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries
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