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Currant vs Strig - What's the difference?

currant | strig |

As nouns the difference between currant and strig

is that currant is a small dried grape, usually the black corinth grape, rarely more than 4mm diameter when dried while strig is (botany) a pedicel or footstalk, especially of a flowering or fruit-bearing plant, such as the currant.

currant

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape, rarely more than 4mm diameter when dried.
  • The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes , white, black or red.
  • A shrub bearing such fruit.

    • Derived terms

    * blackcurrant * redcurrant * whitecurrant

    See also

    * date * raisin * sultana ----

    strig

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) A pedicel or footstalk, especially of a flowering or fruit-bearing plant, such as the currant.
  • The tang of a sword-blade.
  • The string of a button.