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magworth

11th September 2011, 16:25
Does anyone agree that the answer `currant` to `dried grape` is wrong ? Surely a sultana or a raisin is a grape; a currant is just a dried.....currant ?!



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trevor

11th September 2011, 16:33
the 1st answer i get for 'define currant' on google is,

cur·rantNoun/ˈkərənt/
1. A small dried fruit, from a seedless variety of grape native to the eastern Mediterranean region, now widely produced in California.
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chips

11th September 2011, 16:36
Chambers says 'currant - a small black raisin or dried seedless grape, extended to several species of Ribes (black,red,white,flowering currant), and to various other plants,and their fruits.
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magworth

11th September 2011, 16:49
Thanks Trevor and Chips. I should have looked it up !
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