currant bush

/ˌkʌrənt bʊʃ/

Other forms: currant bushes

Definitions of currant bush

1. noun

   any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants
   synonyms: currant

   types:

   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