Currant may refer to:
Plants
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Ribes
''Ribes'' is a genus of about 200 known species of flowering plants, most of them native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The various species are known as currants or gooseberries, and some are cultivated for their edible ...
'', genus of berry plants, e.g., blackcurrant, redcurrant and white currant
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Zante currant (US), dried black Corinth grapes; smaller than raisins (just "currant" in other English-speaking countries)
* Currant tomato, ''
Solanum pimpinellifolium
''Solanum pimpinellifolium'', commonly known as the currant tomato or pimp, is a wild species of tomato native to Ecuador and Peru but naturalized elsewhere, such as the Galápagos Islands. Its small fruits are edible, and it is commonly gro ...
'', small tomato species
* Currant-tree, ''
Amelanchier canadensis
''Amelanchier canadensis'' (bilberry,Canadian Wildlife Federation/ref> Canadian serviceberry, chuckle-berry, currant-tree, juneberry, shad-blow serviceberry, shad-blow, shadbush, shadbush serviceberry, sugarplum, thicket serviceberry) is a specie ...
'', also called Juneberry or shadblow serviceberry
* Currant bush, ''
Carissa spinarum'' also called conkerberry or bush plum
* Bush currant, ''
Miconia calvescens
''Miconia calvescens'', the velvet tree, miconia, or bush currant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is native to Mexico and Central and South America and it has become one of the world's most invasive species.
M ...
'', also called velvet tree or miconia
* Native currant, ''
Leucopogon parviflorus'' also called coast beard-heath (native to Australia)
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Mahonia trifoliolata'', called currant-of-Texas or wild currant
Animals
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Currant pug, ''Eupithecia assimilata'', moth of the family Geometridae
*Currant clearwing, ''
Synanthedon tipuliformis
''Synanthedon tipuliformis'', known as the currant clearwing, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is endemic to the Palearctic realm, but is an invasive species in the Nearctic realm and the Australasian realm. Description
The wingspan is . The ...
'', moth of the family Sesiidae
People
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Bunny Currant
Christopher Frederick Currant, (14 December 1911 – 12 March 2006), nicknamed "Bunny", was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War.
Early life and career
Currant was born on 14 December 1911 in Luton, Bedfordshir ...
(1911–2006), British fighter ace
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Simon Currant, Tasmanian tourism developer
Places
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Currant, Nevada, settlement near Currant Mountain
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Currant Mountain
Currant Mountain is the highest mountain in the White Pine Range in White Pine County, Nevada, United States. It is the twenty-first-highest mountain in the state, and also ranks as the sixteenth-most topographically prominent peak in the state. ...
, White Pine Range, Nevada, USA
Other
*Currant, the in-game currency for
''Glitch'' (video game)
See also
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Current (disambiguation)
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Currant Events'', Xanth series novel by Piers Anthony
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Searsia pyroides'' (formerly ''Rhus pyroides''), or common currant-rhus, bush/tree in Southern Africa
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