Meaning

18 senses
  1. A fruit of species Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.

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

  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:

    Chinese gooseberry or kiwifruit, the edible berry of a cultivar group of the woody vine Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa and hybrids between this and others in the genus Actinidia

  4. Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica), emblic, amla.

  5. Ceylon gooseberry, a species of Dovyalis native to Sri Lanka and southern India

  6. Barbados gooseberry (Pereskia aculeata), an unusual cactus

  7. Long Key locustberry or shiny locustberry (Byrsonima lucida)

  8. Jamaican gooseberry tree (Phyllanthus acuminatus), a herb-like plant

  9. Star gooseberry

    Otaheite gooseberry (Phyllanthus acidus)

  10. Katuk (Sauropus androgynus), a shrub grown in some tropical regions as a leaf vegetable

  11. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:

    Physalis angulata, also called balloon cherry and cutleaf groundcherry

  12. Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana), indigenous to South America

More definitions
  • 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

Examples

13 sentences
  1. I have gooseberries in my garden.

    У мене в саду росте аґрус.

    ruУ меня в саду крыжовник.

    deIn meinem Garten habe ich Stachelbeeren.

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  2. In the garden, there are apple trees, plums, cherries, raspberries, gooseberries, and currants.

    У саду ростуть яблуні, сливи, вишні, малина, агрус і смородина.

    ruВ саду растут яблони, сливы, вишни, малина, крыжовник и смородина.

    deIm Garten gibt es Apfelbäume, Pflaumen, Kirschen, Himbeeren, Stachelbeeren und Johannisbeeren.

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  3. Ever since I was a child, I liked gooseberries.

    ruЯ с детства люблю крыжовник.

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  4. He continued to walk past currants, gooseberries, fruit trees and hedges.

    deEr ging weiter an Johannisbeeren, Stachelbeeren, an Obstbäumen und Hecken vorüber.

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  5. Gooseberries are fruits that are effective at extending life.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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fruit:
Русский
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fruit:
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Deutsch
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fruit:
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Origin

From goose + berry. It is possible that the first element was originally something related

From goose + berry. It is possible that the first element was originally something related to the gros- of French groseille and/or the kruis- of Dutch kruisbes but has been altered by folk etymology.

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