Zante currant
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zante currant — |zantē noun Usage: usually capitalized Z Etymology: Zante, island in southwest Greece : a seedless grape or raisin * * * Zante currant noun The small seedless fruit of a Zante grape • • • Main Entry: ↑zante … Useful english dictionary
Zante currant — an te cur rant A kind of seedless grape or raisin; so called from Zante, one of the Ionian Islands. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Zante currant — California seedless grape raisins on the left and California Zante currants on the right, along with a metric ruler for scale. The Zante currant (in the United States), or currant (in other English speaking countries) are dried berries of small,… … Wikipedia
Currant — may refer to: Plants Ribes, genus of berry plants, e.g. blackcurrant, redcurrant Zante currant, dried Black Corinth grapes; smaller than raisins Currant tomato, Solanum pimpinellifolium, small tomato species Currant tree, Amelanchier canadensis,… … Wikipedia
Zante — Isla de Zante (o Zacinto) Ζάκυνθος Vista desde satélite de la isla Localización País … Wikipedia Español
Currant — Cur rant (k?r rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving the name from… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Currant borer — Currant Cur rant (k?r rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving the name … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Currant worm — Currant Cur rant (k?r rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving the name … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
White currant — Taxobox name = Ribes image caption = White currant regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Saxifragales familia = Grossulariaceae genus = Ribes species = R. glandulosum binomial = Ribes glandulosum binomial… … Wikipedia
Black currant — Currant Cur rant (k?r rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving the name … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
