A dark purple or black berry from a shrub, known for its distinctive tangy flavor and high vitamin C content.
Compound of 'black' and 'currant' (from Middle French 'raisin de Corinthe'). The fruit is native to Europe and western Asia.
Blackcurrants were banned in the United States for 100 years (1911-2003) because they carried white pine blister rust, an infection that killed valuable timber trees—it's one of history's strangest agricultural restrictions.
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