red currant

1. 1.

   cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries

   Synonymsgarden currentRibes rubrum

   Broadercurrant

   Part ofRibes

   Partsred currant
2. 2.

   small red berries used primarily in jams and jellies

   Broadercurrant

   Part ofred currant

Questions about red currant

What does red currant mean?

red currant means "cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for red currant?

Close synonyms include garden current, Ribes rubrum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is red currant a common word?

red currant is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.