red currant

noun2

1. •
   The bright red translucent edible berry of this plant.

   • Her mouth was pale red and translucent, like the skin of a redcurrant. — 1995
2. •
   A deciduous shrub, Ribes rubrum, native to western Europe; any of certain cultivars of the shrub.

   • Blackcurrants and redcurrants, gooseberries, raspberries and rhubarb grow amongst viburnums, hollyhocks, sweet williams, forsythia, and a medlar. — 1989