white currant

English

A cluster of white currant berries

Alternative forms

• whitecurrant, white-currant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waɪtˈkʌɹənt/, /ˈwaɪtkʌɹənt/

Noun

white currant (plural white currants)

1. A deciduous shrub, a less sour and colourless cultivar of Ribes rubrum (red currant), though sometimes named Ribes sativum or Ribes silvestre, and sold as a different fruit.
2. The white translucent edible berry of this bush.

Translations

shrub

• Afrikaans: witaalbessiebos
• Estonian: valgesõstar, valgesõstrapõõsas
• Finnish: valkoherukkapensas
• French: groseillier à grappes m
• Polish: biała porzeczka f
• Russian: бе́лая сморо́дина f (bélaja smoródina)
• Swahili: mtunda bukini mweupe
• Swedish: vita vinbär n
• Ukrainian: бі́ла порі́чка f (bíla poríčka)
• Venetan: ùa spinèla (vec) f, ùa spinèƚa f

berry

• Afrikaans: witaalbessie (af)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白醋栗 (zh) (bái cùlì)

• Estonian: valgesõstar
• Finnish: valkoherukka, valkoinen viinimarja
• French: groseille blanche f
• Polish: biała porzeczka f
• Russian: бе́лая сморо́дина f (bélaja smoródina)
• Scottish Gaelic: dearc-Fhrangach f, dearcag-Fhrangach f
• Swahili: tunda bukini jeupe
• Swedish: vita vinbär n
• Turkish: beyaz frenk üzümü
• Ukrainian: бі́ла порі́чка f (bíla poríčka)
• Venetan: ùa spinèla (vec) f, ùa spinèƚa f

See also

• currant
• blackcurrant
• red currant
• pomme

References

• white currant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia