(n.) Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry, huckleberry, etc.
(n.) A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent throughout, having seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as the currant, grape, blueberry.
(n.) The coffee bean.
(n.) One of the ova or eggs of a fish.
(v. i.) To bear or produce berries.
(n.) A mound; a hillock.
Example Sentences:
(1) Pain relieved by antacids, age above 40 years, previous peptic ulcer disease, male sex, symptoms provoked by berries, and night pain relieved by antacids and food were found to predict organic dyspepsia with a sensitivity and specificity of approximately 70%, when applied on the observed material.
(2) The observations have been compared with those of Berry and Berry (1967) on Ashanti race of Nigerians.
(3) Total thyroidectomy removes all visible thyroid tissue although it is permissible to leave a very small remnant of tissue (less than a fraction of a gram) in the region of the ligament of Berry in order to protect the recurrent laryngeal nerve and the blood supply to the parathyroid glands.
(4) "Numerous studies have shown that, at higher speeds, traffic flow becomes more unstable," said Berry.
(5) Antibodies to immunoglobulins (Ig) M, G, and A against Yersinia enterocolitica serotypes O:3, O:5, O:8, and O:9 and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serotypes I and III were analyzed by enzyme immunoassay of the serum samples of 161 slaughterhouse workers, 147 pig farmers, and 114 grain or berry farmers.
(6) @HunterFelt October 28, 2013 Nothing came of it, but Berry did his job there.
(7) Radiological investigation showed an anterior communicating aneurysm, and postmortem examination confirmed the aneurysm to be a so-called "berry" aneurysm.
(8) Carole Berry, of Rollingsons Solicitors, said: "I had a simultaneous exchange of contracts on the 23 December to make sure the deal went through in time.
(9) The trust said records suggested this year had yielded the best crops of autumn fruit and berries – particularly blackberries, rowan berries and elderberries – since it began the "citizen science" project 12 years ago.
(10) Remove the red and black currants from their stalks and add to the berries, then tip in the water and sugar and bring to the boil.
(11) Three ways with cider vinegar • Winter salad dressing Boil two shallots with a few juniper berries and thyme leaves, then reduce 150ml cider vinegar by half and mix with the above.
(12) One patient had multiple vascular malformations including telangiectasias of the brain, medulla, and spinal cord and a berry aneurysm of the internal carotid artery; she also had a large cerebellar abscess, presumably reflecting the presence of a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula.
(13) The show stars Berry as a jobbing actor with vaunting ambition who gets into surreal scrapes, with a supporting cast including Doon Mackichan as his agent and Robert Bathurst as his housemate.
(14) Mary Berry I think it works as a show because it is totally honest and I always think we encourage people to bake.
(15) Two cases are described here: in one, infection was present; in the other, there was a berry aneurysm of the middle meningeal artery with a small parietal dural angioma.
(16) We observed a four-year-old girl with Stevens-Johnson syndrome attributed to ingestion of salmon berries (Rubus spectabilis).
(17) When she refuses to watch it, Randy vomits masticated Member Berries on both of them.
(18) Two unusual proteins, discovered in African berries, possess the interesting property of having a very high specificity for the sweet receptors.
(19) I picked the strawberries growing up the side of my compost loo for breakfast; physalis and ferns were growing inside my shower; I snacked on pitanga, a delicious sweet-sour berry.
(20) Here's Berry who represents the tying run, but he strikes out to end the inning and is booed!
Currant
Definition:
(n.) A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery.
(n.) The acid fruit or berry of the Ribes rubrum or common red currant, or of its variety, the white currant.
(n.) A shrub or bush of several species of the genus Ribes (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the Ribes rubrum.
Example Sentences:
(1) Remove the red and black currants from their stalks and add to the berries, then tip in the water and sugar and bring to the boil.
(2) The juice of black currants contained relatively larger residues.
(3) A method for the determination of Benomyl and Carbendazim in apples, red-currants, grapes, kale, and sugar beets was developed.
(4) You must crouch by a Neff like a coiled spring and hyperventilate every time a currant twitches in the heat.
(5) Yvonne Roberts’s baby boomer view: ‘The perils of a moneyless old age have been brought forward’ Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Katherine Anne Rose for the Observer Miranda Sawyer says she hasn’t written a self-help manual, but it’s an often wise and reflective book that drops more famous names than currants in a fruitcake.
(6) Beatrice Ask of Sweden's ruling Conservative party posted a link to the Daily Currant's satire article, which jokingly – and erroneously – claimed that marijuana overdoses killed 37 people in Colorado on the first day of legalisation.
(7) Desaturase activity was influenced more by the black currant than by the borage diet, especially at 6 and 9 months of age.
(8) The concentrations of the examined phenolic acids in black currants related to the whole fruit (mg per fruit) increased, and related to fresh weight (mg per 1000 g) decreased during the growth of the fruits with the exception of protocatechuic acid, which appeared mostly in a last stage of the fruit.
(9) The first group included beef and fish broths, boiled meat, rye bread, cabbage, tomato, apple, cherry and black currant juices, rhubarb infusion, fresh kefir, carrot and pumpkin purees.
(10) At the gift shop, visitors can try the red, white and sparkling produce, all made from currant varieties (rather than grapes) grown locally.
(11) Feeding black currant seed oil resulted in significant increases of dihomogamma-linolenic acid (20:3 n-6) in all liver lipid classes examined, whereas the levels of arachidonic acid (20:4 n-6) remained relatively stable.
(12) The motley contents of my baking cupboard – some flour, sugar, a handful of currants and a few crusty tins of syrup – are hardly inspiring, but I've vowed not to leave the house until the weather brightens.
(13) Supply of black-currant seed oil rich in gamma-linolenic (C18:3 omega 6) and stearidonic (C18:4 omega 3) acids (diet C) induced significant increases of dihomo-gamma-linolenic and eicosapentaenoic (C20:5 omega 3) acids, without influencing arachidonic acid (C20:4 omega 6) levels.
(14) A lot has been done – concrete paving slabs removed and replaced with currant plants; waste materials used to create raised beds (known as "hugelkultur"); privet, ivy and leylandii removed.
(15) This paper reports the gross and rapid condensation of isoniazid in a commercial black-currant-flavoured syrup.
(16) As soon as the mixture boils, lower the heat so that the mixture bubbles gently, then leave it to simmer for 10 minutes or so, until the currants have started to burst and the colour of the juice is a rich purple-red.
(17) Black, red, and white currants, gooseberries and cultivated blueberries contained only small amounts of catechins (total up to 30 mg per kg).
(18) Studies on the residual behaviour of Ethephon on black and red currants showed that the fruits contained on an average 0.39, 0.81, 2.2 and 0.64, 1.14, 1.04 p.p.m.
(19) Increased levels of GLA and DHLA were present in the plasma phospholipid fraction of animals fed the black currant seed oil diet, while soy-fed animals had only trace amounts of GLA.
(20) Black currant extract and lyophilisate revealed significant anti-inflammatory activity comparable to that seen with the reference substances, but without their ulcerogenic potential, even at high doses during chronic treatment.