Black-currant
the small, round, blackish, edible fruit of a widely cultivated shrub, Ribes nigrum, of the saxifrage family.
the shrub itself.
Historical Examples
Round About a Great Estate Richard Jefferies
A Great Man Arnold Bennett
Dutch Life in Town and Country P. M. Hough
Return of the Native Thomas Hardy
A Great Man Arnold Bennett
The Old Inns of Old England, Volume I (of 2) Charles G. Harper
Pelle the Conqueror, Complete Martin Anderson Nexo
The Fortunes of the Farrells Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
When It Was Dark Guy Thorne
The Fat and the Thin Emile Zola
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