Definition of Indian currant

1. Noun. North American deciduous shrub cultivated for it abundant clusters of coral-red berrylike fruits.

Exact synonyms: Coralberry, Symphoricarpos Orbiculatus
Group relationships: Genus Symphoricarpos, Symphoricarpos
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indian Currant

Indian burns
Indian capital
Indian carp
Indian chickweed
Indian chief
Indian chieftain
Indian chocolate
Indian cholera
Indian club
Indian cobra
Indian coral tree
Indian corn
Indian cress
Indian crocus
Indian currant (current term)
Indian elephant
Indian elephants
Indian fig
Indian figs
Indian file
Indian flap
Indian ginger
Indian giver
Indian givers
Indian giving
Indian grackle
Indian gum
Indian hemp
Indian ink

Literary usage of Indian currant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Country Home: How We Transformed a Wisconsin Woodland by Frances Kinsley Hutchinson (1908)
"THE Indian currant all begging to be used. Could one ask for greater variety or for richer beauty ? With delight we arranged our treasures in the long ..."

2. Trees and Shrubs of Prospect Park by Louis Harman Peet (1902)
"These are Indian currant bushes and in the frosty days hang all through them ... Back of the Indian currant border are several young ailan- thus trees, ..."

3. Our Northern Shrubs and how to Identify Them: A Handbook for the Nature-lover by Harriet Louise Keeler (1903)
"The abundance of fruit on the Indian currant is little short of marvellous. The slender stems are fruit bearing for five or ten inches from the tip; ..."

4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"Indian currant. CORAL BERRY. Fig. 2448. Lvs. ovate: fls. in dense axillary and terminal spikes; ... Along rivers Fruits of Indian currant—Sym- and ..."

5. Trees and Shrubs of Central Park by Louis Harman Peet (1903)
"This habit of inflorescence at once distinguishes it from its twin sister, the Indian currant or coral berry which it so closely resembles, especially in ..."

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