Cŭr'rant, n.

n. [From Corinth, in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried grape (No. 2) was first introduced into England; and the Ribes fruit (No. 1) received the name from its resemblance to that grape.]

1. The fruit of a well-known shrub belonging to the genus Ribes (R. rubrum), a genus also including the gooseberry and the black currant.
2. A small kind of dried grape, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; — used in cookery.