Gooseberry

Definitions

1. A fruit of species Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.
2. Any other plant or fruit in the subgenus Grossularia, distinguished from currants by bearing spines, including Ribes hirtellum (American gooseberry).
3. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
4. Chinese gooseberry or kiwifruit, the edible berry of a cultivar group of the woody vine Actinidia deliciosa and hybrids between this and other species in the genus Actinidia
5. Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica), emblic, amla.
6. Ceylon gooseberry, a species of Dovyalis native to Sri Lanka and southern India
7. Barbados gooseberry (Pereskia aculeata), an unusual cactus
8. Long Key locustberry or shiny locustberry (Byrsonima lucida)
9. Jamaican gooseberry tree (Phyllanthus acuminatus), a herb-like plant
10. star gooseberry
11. Otaheite gooseberry (Phyllanthus acidus)
12. Katuk (Sauropus androgynus), a shrub grown in some tropical regions as a leaf vegetable
13. Physalis angulata, also called balloon cherry and cutleaf groundcherry
14. Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana), indigenous to South America
15. poison gooseberry (Withania somnifera)
16. A chaperone.
    British, dated, slang
17. An additional person who is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation.
    British
18. A fool.
    British, dated, slang
19. A fantastic story; a tall tale; a hoax.
    British, dated, slang
20. A testicle.
    British, dated, plural-normally, slang, vulgar

Equivalents

Examples

“We had a good haul of gooseberries from our bushes this year.”

“Robert and Susan were so in love⟳ with each other that nobody could go near them without feeling like⟳ a gooseberry.”

“"But," said Philippa dolefully, "if I go I'll have⟳ to be gooseberry, and that will be a new experience⟳ for Philippa Gordon."”

“Kryten, you are a total gooseberry. Next time I play⟳ on the AR machine I'm going to give⟳ you some money and send⟳ you to the pictures.”

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