01 n. Any thorny shrub of the genus Ribes; also, the edible berries of such shrub. There are several species, of which Ribes Grossularia is the o…
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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.(Bot.)
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A silly person; a goose cap.
Phrases & compounds
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 1st Fool.
Gooseberry worm —
the larva of a small moth (Dakruma convolutella). It destroys the gooseberry by eating the interior.