currant

noun

• 1a small dried fruit made from a seedless variety of grape originally grown in the eastern Mediterranean region, now widely produced in California, and much used in cooking: [as modifier]:a currant bun

• 2a Eurasian shrub that produces small edible black, red, or white berries.

  • Genus Ribes, family Grossulariaceae: numerous species, including black currant and red currant
• a berry from a currant shrub.