gooseberries

Noun

gooseberry (plural gooseberries)

1. A fruit of species Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.
   • We had a good haul of gooseberries from our bushes this year.

   Synonyms:

   goosegog

2. Any other plant or fruit in the subgenus Grossularia, distinguished from currants by bearing spines, including Ribes hirtellum (American gooseberry).
3. Chinese gooseberry or kiwifruit, the edible berry of a cultivar group of the woody vine Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa and hybrids between this and others in the genus Actinidia
4. Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica), emblic, amla.
5. Ceylon gooseberry, a species of Dovyalis native to Sri Lanka and southern India
6. Barbados gooseberry (Pereskia aculeata), an unusual cactus

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