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Missouri currant
Currant Cur"rant (k?r"rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving the name from its resemblance to that grape.] 1. A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery. 2. The acid fruit or berry of the Ribes rubrum or common red currant, or of its variety, the white currant. 3. (Bot.) A shrub or bush of several species of the genus Ribes (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the Ribes rubrum. Black currant,a shrub or bush (Ribes nigrum and R. floridum) and its black, strong-flavored, tonic fruit. Cherry currant, a variety of the red currant, having a strong, symmetrical bush and a very large berry. Currant borer (Zo["o]l.), the larva of an insect that bores into the pith and kills currant bushes; specif., the larvae of a small clearwing moth ([AE]geria tipuliformis) and a longicorn beetle (Psenocerus supernotatus). Currant worm (Zo["o]l.), an insect larva which eats the leaves or fruit of the currant. The most injurious are the currant sawfly (Nematus ventricosus), introduced from Europe, and the spanworm (Eufitchia ribearia). The fruit worms are the larva of a fly (Epochra Canadensis), and a spanworm (Eupithecia). Flowering currant, Missouri currant, a species of Ribes (R. aureum), having showy yellow flowers.

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- Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States. With over six million residents, it is the 18th-most populous state of the Union. The largest urban...
- state of Missouri. It is situated along the western bank of the Mississippi River, which marks Missouri's border with Illinois. The Missouri River merges...
- The Territory of Missouri was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 4, 1812 until August 10, 1821. In 1819, the...
- The Missouri River is the longest river in North America. Rising in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana, the Missouri flows east and south for 2,341...
- University of Missouri (Mizzou, or MU), often simply referred to as Missouri, is a public, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It was founded...
- was: Missouri Senators Missouri House of Representatives Missouri Constitution Missouri's 25th Senate district Missouri's 27th Senate district Missouri's...
- Troy is a city in Lincoln County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census the po****tion was 10,540. It is the county seat of Lincoln County. Troy...
- Festus is a city in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States. It had a po****tion of 11,602 individuals as of the 2010 census. Festus and its particular...
- Lamar is a city in and the county seat of Barton County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city po****tion was 4,532. Lamar is well known...
- The Missouri Compromise was the legislation that provided for the admission of Maine to the United States as a free state along with Missouri as a slave...
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