About The Word Gooseberry
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Gooseberry
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What's The Definition Of Gooseberry?
[n] currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies
[n] spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries Synonyms | Synonyms for Gooseberry: gooseberry bush | Ribes grossularia | Ribes uva-crispa Related Terms | Find terms related to Gooseberry: See Also | bush | currant | genus Ribes | gooseberry | gooseberry | gooseberry bush | Ribes | Ribes grossularia | Ribes uva-crispa | shrub Gooseberry In Webster's Dictionary \Goose"ber*ry\, n.; pl. {Gooseberries}, [Corrupted
for groseberry or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F.
groseille, -- of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere,
kr["a]uselbeere (fr. kraus crisp), D. kruisbes, kruisbezie
(as if crossberry, fr. kruis cross; for kroesbes, kroesbezie,
fr. kroes crisp), Sw. krusb["a]r (fr. krus, krusing, crisp).
The first part of the word is perh. akin to E. curl. Cf.
{Grossular}, a.]
1. (Bot.) Any thorny shrub of the genus {Ribes}; also, the
edible berries of such shrub. There are several species,
of which {Ribes Grossularia} is the one commonly
cultivated.
2. A silly person; a goose cap. --Goldsmith.
{Barbadoes gooseberry}, a climbing prickly shrub ({Pereskia
aculeata}) of the West Indies, which bears edible berries
resembling gooseberries.
{Coromandel gooseberry}. See {Carambola}.
{Gooseberry fool}. See lst {Fool}.
{Gooseberry worm} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a small moth
({Dakruma convolutella}). It destroys the gooseberry by
eating the interior.
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