blackcurrant

noun2

1. •
   The berry borne by this shrub.

   • Their wines are intense and elegant, tasting of blackcurrants and made to be aged. — 2003
2. •
   A shrub, Ribes nigrum, that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries.

   • Blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum) and guelder rose (Viburnum opulus) are frequent but alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus) a common constituent of East Anglian carr is very rare. — 1993