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1 definition found 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.
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