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currant

cur.rant \'k*r-*nt, 'k*-r*nt\ n [ME raison of Coraunte, lit., raisin of 
   Corinth] often attrib  1: a small seedless raisin grown chiefly in the 
   Levant  2: the acid edible fruit of several shrubs (genus Ribes) of the 
   saxif rage family; also : a plant bearing currants