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Currant may refer to: ;Plants: * ''
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 *
Zante currant Zante currants, Corinth raisins, Corinthian raisins or outside the United States simply currants, are raisins of the small, sweet, seedless grape cultivar Black Corinth (''Vitis vinifera''). The name comes from the Anglo-French phrase "raisins ...
(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 grown i ...
'', small tomato species * Currant-tree, '' Amelanchier canadensis'', also called Juneberry or shadblow serviceberry * Currant bush, ''
Carissa spinarum ''Carissa spinarum'', the conkerberry or bush plum, is a large shrub of the dogbane family (Apocynaceae), widely distributed in tropical regions of Africa, Southern Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Indian Ocean. It is most well known ...
'' 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 ''Leucopogon parviflorus'', commonly known as coast beard-heath or native currant, is a shrub or small tree in the family Ericaceae. It is native to all Australian states and territories excluding the Northern Territory and the Australian Capit ...
'' also called coast beard-heath * '' Mahonia trifoliolata'', called currant-of-Texas or wild currant ;Animals: *
Currant pug The currant pug (''Eupithecia assimilata'') is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Henry Doubleday in 1856. It is found across the Nearctic and Palearctic regions .Its occurrence extends eastwards to the Near E ...
, ''Eupithecia assimilata'', moth of the family Geometridae *Currant clearwing, '' Synanthedon tipuliformis'', moth of the family Sesiidae ;People: * Bunny Currant (1911–2006), British fighter ace *
Simon Currant Simon Currant, AM is a tourism developer in Tasmania, Australia. Currant currently serves as a director of the Tourism Council of Tasmania and a Director of TT-Line Pty. Ltd. His past tourism developments include the Strahan Village, Cradle Moun ...
, Tasmanian tourism developer ;Places: *
Currant, Nevada Currant is an unincorporated community in Nye County, Nevada. Settled in 1868, it was first a farming town with a small population. Its current population is 65. Name Creeks nearby were named for the wild currants growing with the town, taking ...
, settlement near Currant Mountain * Currant Mountain, White Pine Range, Nevada, USA ;Other: *Currant, the in-game currency for ''Glitch'' (video game)


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Current (disambiguation) Currents, Current or The Current may refer to: Science and technology * Current (fluid), the flow of a liquid or a gas ** Air current, a flow of air ** Ocean current, a current in the ocean *** Rip current, a kind of water current ** Current (stre ...
*'' Currant Events'', Xanth series novel by Piers Anthony *'' Searsia pyroides'' (formerly ''Rhus pyroides''), or common currant-rhus, bush/tree in Southern Africa {{disambiguation, plants