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currant bush

DEFINITIONS OF: currant bush

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n any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants

Synonyms:
currant
Types:
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Ribes rubrum, garden current, red currant
cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries
European black currant, Ribes nigrum, black currant
widely cultivated current bearing edible black aromatic berries
Ribes sativum, white currant
garden currant bearing small white berries
Ribes sanguineum, winter currant
a flowering shrub
Type of:
bush, shrub
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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