Crossword clues for redcurrant
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. 1 A deciduous shrub, ''Ribes rubrum'', native to western Europe; any of certain cultivars of the shrub. 2 The bright red translucent edible berry of this plant.
Wikipedia
The redcurrant, or red currant (Ribes rubrum) is a member of the genus Ribes in the gooseberry family. It is native to parts of western Europe ( Belgium, Great Britain, France, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Netherlands, northern Italy, northern Spain, Portugal, Poland, and Croatia). The species is widely cultivated and has escaped into the wild in many regions.
Ribes rubrum is a deciduous shrub normally growing to tall, occasionally , with five-lobed leaves arranged spirally on the stems. The flowers are inconspicuous yellow-green, in pendulous racemes, maturing into bright red translucent edible berries about diameter, with 3–10 berries on each raceme. An established bush can produce of berries from mid to late summer.
Usage examples of "redcurrant".
Through the window, Susie caught a glimpse of redcurrant bushes in neat rows, and felt a pang of excitement at the shivering forest of bamboo canes sprouting from the dense foliage.
I peered in at rows of chokecherry and redcurrant jellies, strawberry conserve with champagne, and plum jam.
Hot scones, ha-zelnut bread, apple jelly, meadowcream, redcurrant tart, mint tea and strawberry cordial were consumed in great quantities.
Redcurrant tarts, bilberry scones, plumcakes, latticed apple pies, strawberry flans and damson puddings radiated out into patterns, dotted by bowls of nutcream, meadowcream, Abbeycream, rosecream and buttercup fondant.
Through the glass windows he could look down the kitchen garden at the lettuces, the peas and beans, the redcurrant bushes and the gooseberries of which he was so proud.
But it was a good meal otherwise, with mushroom soup and boiled chickens and hot boiled ham and gooseberries, redcurrants, curds, cream, milk, and mead.
Raspberry muffins, blueberry scones, redcurrant jelly, Abbofs cake, fruitcake, iced cake, shortbread biscuits, almond wafers, fresh cream, sweet cream, whipped cream, pouring cream, honeyed cream, custardy cream, Mrs.