Definition of Goosebery
Goose"ber*ry (?), n.; pl.
Gooseberries (#), [Corrupted for groseberry
or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F. groseille,
-- of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere,
kräuselbeere (fr. kraus crisp), D.
kruisbes, kruisbezie (as if crossberry, fr.
kruis cross; for kroesbes, kroesbezie, fr.
kroes crisp), Sw. krusbär (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 (Zoöl.), the larva
of a small moth (Dakruma convolutella). It destroys the
gooseberry by eating the interior.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
GOOSEBERRY. He played up old gooseberry among them;
said of a person who. by force or threats, suddenly puts an
end to a riot or disturbance.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
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- A fruit closely related to the currant.
- Any of several other unrelated fruits, such as the Chinese gooseberry (kiwifruit) and the Indian gooseberry (amla).
- an additional person that is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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