currant

 
Pronunciation: /ˈkʌr(ə)nt/

noun

  • 1a small dried fruit made from a small seedless variety of grape originally grown in the eastern Mediterranean region and much used in cookery: [as modifier]: a currant bun
  • 2a Eurasian shrub which produces small edible black, red, or white berries.
    • Genus Ribes, family Grossulariaceae: several species, including blackcurrant and redcurrant
  • a berry from a currant shrub.

Origin:

Middle English raisons of Corauntz, translating Anglo-Norman French raisins de Corauntz 'grapes of Corinth' (the original source)