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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gooseberry \Goose"ber*ry\, n.; pl {Gooseberries}, [Corrupted
for groseberry or groiseberry, fr OF groisele F.
groseille -- of German origin; cf G. krausbeere
kr["a]uselbeere (fr. kraus crisp), D. kruisbes kruisbezie
(as if crossberry fr kruis cross; for kroesbes kroesbezie
fr kroes crisp), Sw krusb["a]r (fr. krus, krusing crisp).
The first part of the word is perh. akin to E. curl. Cf
{Grossular}, a.]
1. (Bot.) 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.
2. A silly person; a goose cap. --Goldsmith.
{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 lst {Fool}.
{Gooseberry worm} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a small moth
({Dakruma convolutella}). It destroys the gooseberry by
eating the interior.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
gooseberry
n 1: spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers
and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries [syn: {gooseberry
bush}, {Ribes uva-crispa}, {Ribes grossularia}]
2: currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies
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