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- Dictionarygooseberry/ˈɡʊzb(ə)ri/
noun
- 1. a round edible yellowish-green or reddish berry with a thin translucent hairy skin.
- 2. the thorny European shrub which bears gooseberries.
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noun [ C ] uk / ˈɡʊz.b ə r.i / us / ˈɡʊz.b ə r.i / Add to word list. a small, green fruit covered with short hairs. Gooseberries grow on bushes and have a sour taste: Gooseberries are used for making pies and jam. Bestfotostudio/iStock / Getty Images Plus/GettyImages. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Types of fruit. ackee.
Gooseberry ( / ˈɡuːsbɛri / GOOSS-berr-ee or / ˈɡuːzbɛri / GOOZ-berr-ee (American and northern British) or / ˈɡʊzbəri / GUUZ-bər-ee (southern British)) [1] is a common name for many species of Ribes (which also includes currants ), as well as a large number of plants of similar appearance.
The meaning of GOOSEBERRY is the acid usually prickly fruit of any of several shrubs (genus Ribes, especially R. hirtellum of the U.S. and R. uva-crispa of Europe) grouped especially formerly in the saxifrage family but now often placed in a separate family (Grossulariaceae, the gooseberry family).
GOOSEBERRY meaning: 1. a small, green fruit covered with short hairs. Gooseberries grow on bushes and have a sour…. Learn more.
noun. /ˈɡʊzbəri/ /ˈɡuːsberi/ (plural gooseberries) Idioms. a small green fruit that grows on a bush with thorns. Gooseberries have a bitter sharp taste and are usually cooked to make jam, pies, etc. Children are sometimes told that babies come from ‘under the gooseberry bush’. a gooseberry bush. Topics Food c2. Word Origin. Want to learn more?
GOOSEBERRY definition: a small, sour, green fruit with a hairy skin. Learn more.
Gooseberry definition: 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).. See examples of GOOSEBERRY used in a sentence.
1. : a small green berry that has a sour taste — see color picture on this page. 2. British, informal : an extra person who is present when two other people (such as lovers) want to be alone together — used especially in the phrase play gooseberry.
gooseberry meaning, definition, what is gooseberry: a small round green fruit that grows on ...: Learn more.
A gooseberry is a small green fruit that has a sharp taste and is covered with tiny hairs.
