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What (who) is Gooseberry - definition
FRUIT
Gooseberries; Goose berry; Goose berries; Goosegog; Goosebury; Goosberry; Ribes hybridum; Gooseberry bush
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Gooseberry
·adj A silly person; a goose cap.
II. Gooseberry ·adj 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.
gooseberry
¦ noun (plural gooseberries)
1. a round edible yellowish-green or reddish berry with a thin translucent hairy skin.
2. the thorny European shrub which bears gooseberries. [Ribes grossularia.]
3. Brit. informal a third person in the company of two people, especially lovers, who would prefer to be alone.
Origin
C16: the first element perh. from goose, or perh. based on OFr. groseille.
gooseberry
(gooseberries)
A gooseberry is a small green fruit that has a sharp taste and is covered with tiny hairs.
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Wikipedia
Gooseberry
Gooseberry ( or (American and northern British) or (southern British)) is a common name for many species of Ribes (which also includes currants), as well as a large number of plants of similar appearance. The berries of those in the genus Ribes (sometimes placed in the genus Grossularia) are edible and may be green, orange, red, purple, yellow, white, or black.
Examples of use of Gooseberry
1. Even wearing gloves, you approach a gooseberry bush with caution.
2. The very best crumbles are with damson, or with cooking apples and blackberry or gooseberry.
3. Then you take a gooseberry between thumb and forefinger, twist, and pull.
4. We don‘t do storks and gooseberry bushes; very few of us do God.
5. They also use fire to kill the parasitic plants that attack the Indian gooseberry tree, called amla.