A gooseberry is a small green fruit that has a sharp taste and is covered with tiny hairs.
gooseberry in British English
(ˈɡʊzbərɪ, -brɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-ries
1.
a Eurasian shrub, Ribes uva-crispa (or R. grossularia), having greenish, purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries: family Grossulariaceae
See also currant (sense 2)
2.
a.
the berry of this plant
b.
(as modifier)
gooseberry jam
3. British informal
an unwanted single person in a group of couples, esp a third person with a couple (often in the phrase play gooseberry)
4. Cape gooseberry
gooseberry in American English
(ˈgusˌbɛri; ˈgusbəri; ˈguzˌbɛri; ˈguzbəri)
nounWord forms: pluralˈgooseˌberries
1.
a small, sour berry used in making preserves, pies, etc.: it resembles a currant but is larger
2.
any of various prickly shrubs (genus Ribes) of the saxifrage family which produce gooseberries
Word origin
as if < goose + berry, but prob. folk-etym. form for *grose berie, akin to dial. grosel, gooseberry (< Fr groseille), Du kruisbezie, Ger krausbeere
A gooseberry is a small green fruit that has a sharp taste and is covered with tiny hairs.
American English: gooseberry
Arabic: كِشْمِش
Brazilian Portuguese: groselha espinhosa
Chinese: 醋栗
Croatian: ogrozd
Czech: angrešt
Danish: stikkelsbær
Dutch: kruisbes
European Spanish: grosella espinosa
Finnish: karviaismarja
French: groseille à maquereau
German: Stachelbeere
Greek: φραγκοστάφυλο
Italian: uva spina
Japanese: グーズベリー
Korean: 구스베리
Norwegian: stikkelsbær
Polish: agrest
European Portuguese: groselha espinhosa
Romanian: agrișă
Russian: крыжовник
Latin American Spanish: grosella espinosa
Swedish: krusbär
Thai: ผลไม้ชนิดหนึ่งมีลูกสีเขียว
Turkish: Bektaşi üzümü
Ukrainian: аґрус
Vietnamese: cây lý gai
All related terms of 'gooseberry'
cape gooseberry
a tropical American solanaceous plant, Physalis peruviana, naturalized in southern Africa, having yellow flowers and edible yellow berries
gooseberry bush
a Eurasian shrub, Ribes uva-crispa (or R. grossularia ), having greenish, purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries : family Grossulariaceae
play gooseberry
to be present somewhere with two other people who are having a romantic relationship and who want to be alone together
sea gooseberry
any of various ctenophores of the genus Pleurobrachia and related genera, having a rounded body with longitudinal rows of cilia and hairlike tentacles
Chinese gooseberry
→ kiwi (sense 2 )
gooseberry stone
a green or greenish-grey garnet , used as a gemstone . Formula: Ca 3 Al 2 (SiO 4 ) 3
under a gooseberry bush
used humorously in answering children's questions regarding their birth
grossularite
a green or greenish-grey garnet , used as a gemstone . Formula: Ca 3 Al 2 (SiO 4 ) 3
Chinese translation of 'gooseberry'
gooseberry
(ˈɡuzbərɪ)
n(c)
(= fruit) 醋栗 (cùlì) (颗, kē)
to play gooseberry (Brit) 当(當)电(電)灯(燈)泡 (dāng diàndēngpào)