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Gooseberry
//ˈɡusˌbɛɹi// noun, slang
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Noun
- 1 A fruit of species Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.
"We had a good haul of gooseberries from our bushes this year."
- 2 currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies wordnet
- 3 Any other plant or fruit in the subgenus Grossularia, distinguished from currants by bearing spines, including Ribes hirtellum (American gooseberry).
- 4 spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries wordnet
- 5 Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:; Chinese gooseberry or kiwifruit, the edible berry of a cultivar group of the woody vine Actinidia deliciosa and hybrids between this and other species in the genus Actinidia
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- 6 Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:; Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica), emblic, amla.
- 7 Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:; Ceylon gooseberry, a species of Dovyalis native to Sri Lanka and southern India
- 8 Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:; Barbados gooseberry (Pereskia aculeata), an unusual cactus
- 9 Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:; Long Key locustberry or shiny locustberry (Byrsonima lucida)
- 10 Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:; Jamaican gooseberry tree (Phyllanthus acuminatus), a herb-like plant
- 11 Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:; star gooseberry; Otaheite gooseberry (Phyllanthus acidus)
- 12 Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:; star gooseberry; Katuk (Sauropus androgynus), a shrub grown in some tropical regions as a leaf vegetable
- 13 Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:; Physalis angulata, also called balloon cherry and cutleaf groundcherry
- 14 Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:; Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana), indigenous to South America
- 15 Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:; poison gooseberry (Withania somnifera)
- 16 A chaperone. British, dated, slang
- 17 An additional person who is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation. British
"Robert and Susan were so in love with each other that nobody could go near them without feeling like a gooseberry."
- 18 A fool. British, dated, slang
- 19 A fantastic story; a tall tale; a hoax. British, dated, slang
- 20 A testicle. British, dated, plural-normally, slang, vulgar
Etymology
From goose + berry. It is possible that the first element was originally something related to the gros- of French groseille and/or the kruis- of Dutch kruisbes but has been altered by folk etymology.
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