plain currant

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


a wild fruit, Grewiapolygama, Roxb., N.O. Tiliaceae.

1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 295:

«I found a great quantity of ripe Grewia seeds, and on eatingmany of them, it struck me that their slightly acidulous taste,if imparted to water, would make a very good drink; I therefore. . . boiled them for about an hour; the beverage . . . wasthe best we had tasted on our expedition.»

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