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Muscadine vs Blackcurrant - What's the difference?

muscadine | blackcurrant |

As nouns the difference between muscadine and blackcurrant

is that muscadine is an American vine of the subgenus subgenus: Vitis subg. Muscadinia, species: Vitis rotundifolia while blackcurrant is a shrub, Ribes nigrum, that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries.

muscadine

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An American vine of the subgenus
  • A grape variety from this vine.
  • A wine produced from these grapes.

    • External links

    * (Muscadine) * * (Vitis rotundifolia)

    blackcurrant

    English

    (wikipedia blackcurrant)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shrub, Ribes nigrum , that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries.
  • * 1993 , R. D. Davidson, 19: The vegetation of Lough Neagh wetlands'', R.B. Wood, R.V. Smith (editors), ''Lough Neagh: The Ecology of a Multipurpose Water Resource , Monographae Biologicae: Volume 69, page 487,
    • Blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum'') and guelder rose (''Viburnum opulus'') are frequent but alder buckthorn (''Frangula alnus ) a common constituent of East Anglian carr is very rare.
  • * 2003 , European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy, ESCOP Monographs: The Scientific Foundation for Herbal Medicinal Products , page 426,
    • Blackcurrant leaf has a diuretic action [11,12,14], therefore it should not be taken concurrently with diuretics indicated for cardiac or renal insufficiency except on medical advice.
  • * 2005 , Bernard Stocks, The Teenage Pensioner , page 112,
    • On this first day I concentrated on bushes - gooseberry and blackcurrants for the bottom end borders, rhododendrons for the front inside the wall and a couple of hydrangeas in the spaces left in the monoblocking to the left of the front door.
  • The berry borne by this shrub.
  • * 2003 , Maria Villegas, Kay Halsey, Sarah Randell, A Little Taste of France , page 120,
    • Their wines are intense and elegant, tasting of blackcurrants and made to be aged.
  • * 2011 , Katherine Swift, The Morville Hours: The Story of a Garden , page 222,
    • Blackcurrant' jam is easy, but this year I have left the ' blackcurrants so long that they are sweet and ripe enough to eat raw: delicious rolled in a crunch of granulated sugar.
  • * 2012 , Tong Kwee Lim, Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants , Volume 4: Fruits, page 28,
    • Blackcurrants can be eaten fresh, on its own, or with ice cream or in mixed fruit salad.