The fruit of the Ribes nigrum; also the shrub. Often used attrib., as in black-currant jam, jelly, tea, wine, etc.
1768. Wales, in Phil. Trans., LX. 119. These shrubs consist of willows … gooseberry, and black currants.
1769. Mrs. Raffald, Engl. Housekpr. (1778), 211. To make Black Currant Jelly.
1836. Dickens, Sk. Boz, ii. (1850), 5. Anonymous presents of black-currant jam, and lozenges.
