gooseberry

[ goos-ber-ee, -buh-ree, gooz- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural goose·ber·ries.

the edible, acid, globular, sometimes spiny fruit of certain prickly shrubs belonging to the genus Ribes, of the saxifrage family, especially R. uva-crispa (or R. grossularia ).
a shrub bearing this fruit.

gooseberry

/ -brɪ; ˈɡʊzbərɪ /

See currant
a Eurasian shrub, Ribes uva-crispa (or R. grossularia ), having greenish, purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries: family Grossulariaceae See also currant
1. the berry of this plant
2. ( as modifier )
  gooseberry jam
informal.
an unwanted single person in a group of couples, esp a third person with a couple (often in the phrase play gooseberry )
See ground cherry
Cape gooseberry
Cape gooseberry a tropical American solanaceous plant, Physalis peruviana, naturalized in southern Africa, having yellow flowers and edible yellow berries See also ground cherry

First recorded in 1525–35; goose + berry

You can also see the remains of the “gooseberry”—the artificial breakwater the Allies created off the beach.

It was gooseberry jam, and Bumper hated gooseberries, although he had never tasted of them before.

Bumper squealed with fright, and turned to the left to find shelter under some prickly gooseberry bushes.

To cut or prune gooseberry and currant-trees is very simple.

Gooseberry-trees should be cut differently from currant-trees.

The fruit is very agreeable, and in taste resembles the gooseberry, and is very cooling.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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