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Definitions of gooseberry in various dictionaries:
noun - spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries
noun - currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies
A spiny European shrub (Ribes uva-crispa), having lobed leaves, greenish flowers, and edible greenish to yellow or red berries.
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a small, green fruit covered with short hairs. Gooseberries grow on bushes and have a sour taste: |
a round edible yellowish-green or reddish berry with a thin translucent hairy skin. |
currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies |
spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries |
A spiny European shrub (Ribes uva-crispa) having lobed leaves, greenish flowers, and edible greenish to yellow or red berries. |
The fruit of this plant. |
Any of several plants bearing similar fruit. |
A round edible yellowish-green or reddish berry with a thin translucent hairy skin. |
The thorny European shrub which bears gooseberries. |
A third person in the company of two people, especially lovers, who would prefer to be alone. |
Gooseberry description |
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The gooseberry ( or (American and northern British) or (southern British)), with scientific names Ribes uva-crispa (and syn. Ribes grossularia), is a species of Ribes (which also includes the currants). * It is native to Europe, the Caucasus and northern Africa. The species is also sparingly naturalized in scattered locations in North America. Gooseberry bushes produce an edible fruit and are grown on both a commercial and domestic basis. Its native distribution is unclear, since it may have escaped from cultivation and become naturalized. For example, in Britain, some sources consider it to be a native, others to be an introduction.Although usually placed as a subgenus within Ribes, a few taxonomists treat Grossularia as a separate genus, although hybrids between gooseberry and blackcurrant (e.g., the jostaberry) are possible. The subgenus Grossularia differs somewhat from currants, chiefly in their spiny stems, and in that their flowers grow one to three together on short stems, not |