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white currant

British  

noun

  1. a cultivated N temperate shrub, Ribes sativum, having small rounded white edible berries: family Grossulariaceae

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Potato flatbread with spruce sprout pesto and pickled white currant.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

Boughs of cedar, white currant and flowering plum hung in bouquets from its corners, and its lip was decorated with prayer flags.

From New York Times • May 25, 2017

When baked, place the yellow portion between the two white sheets, binding them together with a little frosting or white currant jelly.

From Science in the Kitchen. by Kellogg, Mrs. E. E.

A very nice sweetmeat is made of white raspberries preserved whole, by putting them in white currant jelly during the ten minutes that you are boiling the juice with the syrup.

From Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches by Leslie, Eliza

A tablespoonful of white currant juice, if any can be had, is even better than lemon.

From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by Gillette, F. L. (Fanny Lemira)