blackcurrant
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From black + currant.
Compound parts: black
currant
Inflected forms:
form: blackcurrants
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: black currant
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: black-currant
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A shrub, Ribes nigrum, that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries.
pos: noun
examples: 1993, R. D. Davidson, 19: The vegetation of Lough Neagh wetlands, R.B. Wood, R.V. Smith (editors), Lough Neagh: The Ecology of a Multipurpose Water Resource, Monographae Biologicae: Volume 69, page 487,
Blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum) and guelder rose (Viburnum opulus) are frequent but alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus) a common constituent of East Anglian carr is very rare.
Blackcurrant leaf has a diuretic action [11,12,14], therefore it should not be taken concurrently with diuretics indicated for cardiac or renal insufficiency except on medical advice.
On this first day I concentrated on bushes - gooseberry and blackcurrants for the bottom end borders, rhododendrons for the front inside the wall and a couple of hydrangeas in the spaces left in the monoblocking to the left of the front door.
gloss: The berry borne by this shrub.
pos: noun
examples: Their wines are intense and elegant, tasting of blackcurrants and made to be aged.
Blackcurrant jam is easy, but this year I have left the blackcurrants so long that they are sweet and ripe enough to eat raw: delicious rolled in a crunch of granulated sugar.
Derived words: blackcurranty
northern black currant
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: swartaalbessiebos
lang: Arabic
word: كِشْمِش أَسْوَد
roman: kišmiš ʔaswad
lang: Arabic
word: عِنَب الثَّعْلَب
roman: ʕinab aṯ-ṯaʕlab
lang: Arabic
word: عِنَب الذِّئْب
roman: ʕinab aḏ-ḏiʔb
lang: Bulgarian
word: касис
roman: kasis
lang: Bulgarian
word: френско грозде
roman: frensko grozde
lang: Catalan
word: riber negre
lang: Catalan
word: groseller negre
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 黑加侖子 /黑加仑子
roman: hak¹ gaa¹ leon⁴ zi²
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 黑加侖 /黑加仑
roman: hēijiālún
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 黑醋栗
roman: hēicùlì
lang: Czech
word: černý rybíz
lang: Dutch
word: zwarte bes
lang: Dutch
word: zwarte bessenstruik
lang: Estonian
word: mustsõstar
lang: Estonian
word: mustsõstrapõõsas
lang: Finnish
word: mustaherukka
lang: Finnish
word: mustaherukkapensas
lang: Finnish
word: mustaviinimarjapensas
lang: French
word: cassissier
lang: French
word: groseillier noir
lang: Galician
word: groselleira
lang: Galician
word: sorbeira
lang: German
word: Aalbeere
lang: German
word: schwarze Johannisbeere
lang: German
word: schwarze Ribisel
lang: Greek
word: φραγκοσταφυλιά
roman: fragkostafyliá
lang: Ido
word: kasisiero
lang: Ingrian
word: musta seestara
lang: Macedonian
word: црна рибизла
roman: crna ribizla
lang: Nivkh
word: ӿойӈи
roman: hojŋi
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: solbærbusk
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: solbærplante
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: solbærbusk
lang: Polish
word: czarna porzeczka
lang: Portuguese
word: groselheira negra
lang: Russian
word: чёрная сморо́дина
roman: čórnaja smoródina
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: црни рибиз
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: crni ribiz
lang: Spanish
word: grosellero negro
lang: Swahili
word: mtunda bukini mweusi
lang: Swedish
word: svartvinbärsbuske
lang: Turkish
word: kuş üzümü
lang: Turkish
word: siyah frenk üzümü
lang: Ukrainian
word: чо́рна сморо́дина
roman: čórna smoródyna