Meaning of GOOSEBERRY
| Pronunciation: | | 'goos`beree
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies
- [n] spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries
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GOOSEBERRY is a 10 letter word that starts with G. |
| | Synonyms: | | gooseberry bush, Ribes grossularia, Ribes uva-crispa |
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| | See Also: | | bush, currant, genus Ribes, gooseberry, gooseberry, gooseberry bush, Ribes, Ribes grossularia, Ribes uva-crispa, shrub | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming of gathering gooseberries means of happiness and brighter prospects in the horizon after being bombarded with problems.
Seeing gooseberries in your dream, foretells that you will escape from dreaded work.
Dreaming that you are Seeing or eating gooseberries means an error in your path to pleasure. |
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