gooseberry
UK/ˈɡʊzb(ə)ɹi//ˈɡusˌbɛɹi/
gooseberry noun: a fruit of species Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.
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Noun
gooseberry (plural gooseberries)
- 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
- Any other plant or fruit in the subgenus Grossularia, distinguished from currants by bearing spines, including Ribes hirtellum (American gooseberry).
- 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
- Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica), emblic, amla.
- Ceylon gooseberry, a species of Dovyalis native to Sri Lanka and southern India
- Barbados gooseberry (Pereskia aculeata), an unusual cactus
- Long Key locustberry or shiny locustberry (Byrsonima lucida)
- Jamaican gooseberry tree (Phyllanthus acuminatus), a herb-like plant
- Otaheite gooseberry (Phyllanthus acidus)
- Katuk (Sauropus androgynus), a shrub grown in some tropical regions as a leaf vegetable
- Physalis angulata, also called balloon cherry and cutleaf groundcherry
- Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana), indigenous to South America
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- poison gooseberry (Withania somnifera)
- A chaperone.
- An additional person who is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation.
- Robert and Susan were so in love with each other that nobody could go near them without feeling like a gooseberry.
- "But," said Philippa dolefully, "if I go I'll have to be gooseberry, and that will be a new experience for Philippa Gordon."1915, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, “In the Park”, in Anne of the Island, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- third wheel, fifth wheel
- A fool.
- A fantastic story; a tall tale; a hoax.
- A testicle.
gooseberry meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu
gooseberry in Tamil
- fruit
- நெல்லிக்காய் nellikkāy
gooseberry in Marathi
- fruit
- आवळा āvḷā
gooseberry in Urdu
- fruit
- روئیں دار پھل roain dār phal
gooseberry in Telugu
- fruit
- ఉసిరి usiri
More languagesFewer languages
- gooseberry in Malayalam
- നെല്ലിക്ക nellikka
- gooseberry in Assamese
- আমলখি amlokhi
- gooseberry in Nepali
- अमला amlā
- gooseberry in Tagalog
- agraso
- gooseberry in Arabic
- عِنَب الثَعْلَب ʕinab aṯ-ṯaʕlab
- gooseberry in Persian
- انگور فرنگی angur-e farangi, گالشانگور gālešangur
Examples of gooseberry in a sentence
- Saxifragaceous plants include the hydrangea and the gooseberry.
- Blackcurrants and redcurrants, gooseberries, raspberries and rhubarb grow amongst viburnums, hollyhocks, sweet williams, forsythia, and a medlar.
- Aged only twenty, she caught the gooseberry eye of Lord Randolph Churchill.
Synonyms of gooseberry
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Forms of gooseberry
| plural | gooseberries |
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Origin of gooseberry
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.
Words formed from gooseberry
- Cape gooseberry
- Chinese gooseberry
- Coromandel gooseberry
- do gooseberry
- gooseberry dieback
- gooseberry eye
- gooseberry-eyed
- gooseberry garnet
- gooseberry gourd
- gooseberry-grinder
- gooseberrying
- gooseberryish
- gooseberry lay
- gooseberrylike
- gooseberry mildew
- gooseberry-picker
- gooseberry pudding
- gooseberry rust
- gooseberry season
- gooseberry tart
- gooseberry tree
- gooseberry wig
- green as a gooseberry
- Missouri gooseberry
- Old Gooseberry
- pick gooseberry
- play gooseberry
- sea gooseberry
- sea-gooseberry
- spreading gooseberry
Phrases with gooseberry
- did gooseberry
- does gooseberry
- done gooseberry
- gooseberry eyes
- gooseberry lays
- gooseberry wigs
- doing gooseberry
- gooseberry tarts
- gooseberry trees
- picks gooseberry
- plays gooseberry
- Ceylon gooseberry
18 more phrasesFewer phrases
- gooseberry gourds
- Indian gooseberry
- picked gooseberry
- played gooseberry
- gooseberry seasons
- picking gooseberry
- playing gooseberry
- gooseberry puddings
- play Old Gooseberry
- plays Old Gooseberry
- played Old Gooseberry
- Radish and Gooseberry
- play up Old Gooseberry
- playing Old Gooseberry
- plays up Old Gooseberry
- Radishes and Gooseberry
- played up Old Gooseberry
- playing up Old Gooseberry
Questions about gooseberry
- What does gooseberry mean?
- Gooseberry means a fruit of species Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.
- What is gooseberry in Tamil?
- Gooseberry in Tamil is நெல்லிக்காய் (nellikkāy). See Gooseberry meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is gooseberry?
- Gooseberry is a noun.
- How do you pronounce gooseberry?
- Gooseberry is pronounced /ˈɡusˌbɛɹi/ (US).
- What is the plural of gooseberry?
- The plural of gooseberry is gooseberries.
Words near gooseberry in the dictionary
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